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A223181
Rolling icosahedron footprints: number of n X 3 0..11 arrays starting with 0 where 0..11 label vertices of an icosahedron and every array movement to a horizontal, vertical or antidiagonal neighbor moves along an icosahedral edge.
1
25, 80, 400, 2080, 10880, 56960, 298240, 1561600, 8176640, 42813440, 224174080, 1173790720, 6146048000, 32181125120, 168502558720, 882290851840, 4619734876160, 24189245849600, 126656535592960, 663182230159360
OFFSET
1,1
COMMENTS
Column 3 of A223186.
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FORMULA
Empirical: a(n) = 6*a(n-1) - 4*a(n-2) for n>3.
Conjectures from Colin Barker, Aug 17 2018: (Start)
G.f.: 5*x*(5 - 14*x + 4*x^2) / (1 - 6*x + 4*x^2).
a(n) = sqrt(5)*((3-sqrt(5))^n*(1+sqrt(5)) + (-1+sqrt(5))*(3+sqrt(5))^n) for n>1.
(End)
EXAMPLE
Some solutions for n=3:
..0..7..1....0..2..6....0..5..7....0..2..6....0..5.10....0..6..4....0..7..1
..5..0..2....6..0..2....7.11..5....6..4..2....7.11..5....5.10..6....1..0..2
..7..1..0....2..1..0....5..7.11....2..6..4....5.10..6....6..5..0....2..1..8
Vertex neighbors:
0 -> 1 2 5 6 7
1 -> 0 2 3 7 8
2 -> 0 1 4 6 8
3 -> 1 7 8 9 11
4 -> 2 6 8 9 10
5 -> 0 6 7 10 11
6 -> 0 2 4 5 10
7 -> 0 1 3 5 11
8 -> 1 2 3 4 9
9 -> 3 4 8 10 11
10 -> 4 5 6 9 11
11 -> 3 5 7 9 10
CROSSREFS
Cf. A223186.
Sequence in context: A080699 A134153 A251311 * A016814 A280343 A204708
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
R. H. Hardin, Mar 18 2013
STATUS
approved