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A221478
Number of n X 3 arrays of occupancy after each element moves to some horizontal or antidiagonal neighbor, without consecutive moves in the same direction.
1
0, 8, 50, 313, 1980, 12494, 78880, 497940, 3143384, 19843336, 125265720, 790768832, 4991910856, 31512587760, 198930468440, 1255794385648, 7927491165000, 50044112904464, 315914982635800, 1994286049109040, 12589389751704584
OFFSET
1,2
COMMENTS
Column 3 of A221483.
LINKS
FORMULA
Empirical: a(n) = 8*a(n-1) - 7*a(n-2) - 24*a(n-3) + 6*a(n-4) for n>6.
Empirical g.f.: x^2*(8 - 14*x - 31*x^2 + 18*x^3 - 3*x^4) / (1 - 8*x + 7*x^2 + 24*x^3 - 6*x^4). - Colin Barker, Aug 05 2018
EXAMPLE
Some solutions for n=3:
..1..2..0....1..2..0....0..3..0....0..2..0....1..2..0....0..1..1....0..3..0
..0..2..1....1..2..1....2..0..1....1..3..1....0..2..2....1..3..1....1..1..0
..0..2..1....0..2..0....0..3..0....0..1..1....0..2..0....0..2..0....1..2..1
CROSSREFS
Cf. A221483.
Sequence in context: A037547 A061801 A240050 * A287812 A180029 A357479
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
R. H. Hardin, Jan 17 2013
STATUS
approved