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A209822
Number of (n+1) X 2 0..2 arrays with every 2 X 2 subblock having one or two distinct values, and new values 0..2 introduced in row major order.
1
8, 41, 218, 1169, 6278, 33725, 181178, 973337, 5229038, 28091861, 150917378, 810770609, 4355687798, 23399980205, 125711276618, 675356343497, 3628204270718, 19491734040581, 104715078744338, 562558861802849
OFFSET
1,1
COMMENTS
Column 1 of A209829.
LINKS
FORMULA
Empirical: a(n) = 6*a(n-1) - 3*a(n-2) - 2*a(n-3).
Empirical g.f.: x*(8 - 7*x - 4*x^2) / ((1 - x)*(1 - 5*x - 2*x^2)). - Colin Barker, Jul 13 2018
EXAMPLE
Some solutions for n=4:
..0..0....0..1....0..1....0..0....0..0....0..0....0..0....0..0....0..0....0..1
..1..1....0..0....0..0....0..0....0..1....0..1....1..1....0..1....0..0....1..0
..1..1....2..2....2..0....1..0....1..0....0..1....1..0....0..0....0..1....1..0
..0..0....2..0....0..0....0..1....0..0....1..0....0..0....0..1....0..0....0..0
..1..0....2..2....2..2....0..0....1..0....1..1....2..2....1..0....1..0....2..2
CROSSREFS
Cf. A209829.
Sequence in context: A026978 A037577 A265149 * A051737 A209841 A196927
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
R. H. Hardin, Mar 13 2012
STATUS
approved