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A223373
3 X 3 square grid graph coloring a rectangular array: number of n X 2 0..8 arrays where 0..8 label nodes of the square grid graph and every array movement to a horizontal or vertical neighbor moves along an edge of this graph.
2
24, 144, 912, 5808, 37008, 235824, 1502736, 9575856, 61020048, 388836912, 2477778192, 15789099696, 100612585104, 641131696944, 4085471538192, 26033773979568, 165894531704208, 1057126626011184, 6736308255261456
OFFSET
1,1
COMMENTS
Column 2 of A223379.
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FORMULA
Empirical: a(n) = 7*a(n-1) - 4*a(n-2).
Empirical g.f.: 24*x*(1 - x) / (1 - 7*x + 4*x^2). - Colin Barker, Mar 16 2018
EXAMPLE
Some solutions for n=3:
..0..3....6..3....4..5....1..0....3..6....4..3....4..5....3..4....5..4....5..4
..1..4....7..4....7..4....4..3....6..7....5..4....1..2....4..7....4..3....4..3
..0..1....6..7....6..3....3..0....7..8....2..1....4..1....5..4....5..4....3..6
Vertex neighbors:
0 -> 1 3
1 -> 0 2 4
2 -> 1 5
3 -> 0 4 6
4 -> 3 1 5 7
5 -> 4 2 8
6 -> 3 7
7 -> 6 4 8
8 -> 7 5
CROSSREFS
Cf. A223379.
Sequence in context: A200194 A182075 A054118 * A001342 A029572 A129923
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
R. H. Hardin, Mar 19 2013
STATUS
approved