OFFSET
1,2
COMMENTS
Column 3 of A220602.
LINKS
R. H. Hardin, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..210
FORMULA
Empirical: a(n) = 6*a(n-1) + 7*a(n-2) + 25*a(n-3) - 3*a(n-4) + 9*a(n-5) + 22*a(n-6) - 5*a(n-7) - 2*a(n-8).
Empirical g.f.: x*(1 + x + 16*x^2 + 7*x^3 + 16*x^4 + 23*x^5 - 5*x^6 - 2*x^7) / ((1 - x + x^2)*(1 - 5*x - 13*x^2 - 33*x^3 - 17*x^4 + 7*x^5 + 2*x^6)). - Colin Barker, Aug 01 2018
EXAMPLE
Some solutions for n=3 0=self 2=n 3=ne 4=w 6=e 7=sw 8=s (reciprocal directions total 10):
.68.46.48...00.67.47...00.68.48...00.68.48...00.67.47...68.46.47...00.00.78
.28.68.24...38.36.48...68.24.27...00.27.28...38.38.00...26.34.00...68.34.28
.26.24.00...26.46.24...26.34.00...36.46.24...26.24.00...00.00.00...26.46.24
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
R. H. Hardin, Dec 16 2012
STATUS
approved