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A201347 Number of n X 2 0..1 arrays with rows and columns lexicographically nondecreasing and every element equal to at least one horizontal or vertical neighbor. 1
2, 4, 8, 14, 23, 36, 54, 78, 109, 148, 196, 254, 323, 404, 498, 606, 729, 868, 1024, 1198, 1391, 1604, 1838, 2094, 2373, 2676, 3004, 3358, 3739, 4148, 4586, 5054, 5553, 6084, 6648, 7246, 7879, 8548, 9254, 9998, 10781, 11604, 12468, 13374, 14323, 15316, 16354 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; text; internal format)
OFFSET
1,1
COMMENTS
Column 2 of A201353.
LINKS
Ângela Mestre, José Agapito, Square Matrices Generated by Sequences of Riordan Arrays, J. Int. Seq., Vol. 22 (2019), Article 19.8.4.
FORMULA
Empirical: a(n) = (1/6)*n^3 - (1/2)*n^2 + (10/3)*n - 2 for n>1.
Conjectures from Colin Barker, May 22 2018: (Start)
G.f.: x*(2 - 4*x + 4*x^2 - 2*x^3 + x^4) / (1 - x)^4.
a(n) = 4*a(n-1) - 6*a(n-2) + 4*a(n-3) - a(n-4) for n>5.
(End)
EXAMPLE
Some solutions for n=10:
..0..0....0..0....0..0....0..0....0..1....0..1....0..0....0..0....0..0....0..0
..0..0....0..0....0..0....0..0....0..1....0..1....0..0....0..1....0..1....0..0
..0..1....0..0....0..0....0..0....1..0....0..1....0..0....0..1....0..1....0..0
..0..1....0..0....1..1....0..1....1..0....0..1....0..0....0..1....0..1....0..0
..0..1....0..0....1..1....0..1....1..0....0..1....0..0....1..0....1..0....0..0
..0..1....0..0....1..1....0..1....1..0....1..0....0..0....1..0....1..0....0..1
..0..1....0..0....1..1....1..1....1..0....1..0....0..1....1..0....1..0....0..1
..0..1....0..0....1..1....1..1....1..0....1..0....0..1....1..1....1..0....0..1
..1..0....0..1....1..1....1..1....1..1....1..0....0..1....1..1....1..0....1..0
..1..0....1..1....1..1....1..1....1..1....1..0....1..1....1..1....1..1....1..0
MATHEMATICA
Rest@ CoefficientList[Series[x (2 - 4 x + 4 x^2 - 2 x^3 + x^4)/(1 - x)^4, {x, 0, 47}], x] (* Michael De Vlieger, Mar 27 2020 *)
CROSSREFS
Cf. A201353.
Sequence in context: A261968 A138526 A286522 * A089054 A055291 A091773
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
R. H. Hardin, Nov 30 2011
STATUS
approved

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