The OEIS mourns the passing of Jim Simons and is grateful to the Simons Foundation for its support of research in many branches of science, including the OEIS.
login
The OEIS is supported by the many generous donors to the OEIS Foundation.

 

Logo
Hints
(Greetings from The On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences!)
A226302 a(n) = P_n(-1), where P_n(x) is a certain polynomial arising in the enumeration of tatami mat coverings. 5

%I #29 Feb 23 2019 04:28:25

%S 1,-1,2,-4,6,-14,20,-48,70,-166,252,-584,924,-2092,3432,-7616,12870,

%T -28102,48620,-104824,184756,-394404,705432,-1494240,2704156,-5692636,

%U 10400600,-21785872,40116600,-83688344,155117520,-322494208,601080390,-1246068806,2333606220

%N a(n) = P_n(-1), where P_n(x) is a certain polynomial arising in the enumeration of tatami mat coverings.

%C See Erickson-Ruskey for precise definition. The polynomials P_n(x) are described as "mysterious".

%C Bisections give A082590 and A000984.

%H G. C. Greubel, <a href="/A226302/b226302.txt">Table of n, a(n) for n = 2..1000</a>

%H A. Erickson and F. Ruskey, <a href="http://arxiv.org/abs/1304.0070">Enumerating maximal tatami mat coverings of square grids with v vertical dominoes</a>, arXiv:1304.0070 [math.CO], 2013

%F Conjecture: (-n+2)*a(n) +(-n+2)*a(n-1) +2*(3*n-11)*a(n-2) +2*(3*n-14)*a(n-3) +4*(-2*n+9)*a(n-4) +8*(-n+6)*a(n-5)=0. - _R. J. Mathar_, Nov 06 2013

%F G.f. (for offset 0): 1/sqrt(1-4*x^2) - x/((1-2*x^2)*sqrt(1-4*x^2)) = 1 - x/W(0), where W(k)= 1 - 2*x^2 - 2*x*(1 - 2*x^2)^2*(2*k+1)/( 2*x*(1 - 2*x^2)*(2*k+1) - (k+1)/(1 - x/W(k+1) )); (continued fraction). - _Sergei N. Gladkovskii_, Jun 13 2015

%F Recurrence (for n>5): (n-5)*(n-2)*a(n) = -2*(n-4)*a(n-1) + 2*(n-5)*(3*n-10)*a(n-2) + 4*(n-4)*a(n-3) - 8*(n-5)*(n-4)*a(n-4). - _Vaclav Kotesovec_, Jun 14 2015

%F a(n) ~ (-1)^n * 2^(n-3/2) / sqrt(Pi*n). - _Vaclav Kotesovec_, Jun 14 2015

%p A226302 := proc(n)

%p if type(n,even) then

%p A000984(n/2-1) ;

%p else

%p -A082590((n-3)/2) ;

%p end if;

%p end proc: # _R. J. Mathar_, Nov 06 2013

%t Rest[Rest[CoefficientList[Series[x^2*(1/Sqrt[1-4*x^2] - x/((1-2*x^2)*Sqrt[1-4*x^2])), {x, 0, 30}], x]]] (* _Vaclav Kotesovec_, Jun 14 2015, after _Sergei N. Gladkovskii_ *)

%t max = 30; Clear[g]; g[max + 2] = 1; g[k_] := g[k] = 1 - 2*x^2 - 2*x*(1 - 2*x^2)^2*(2*k+1)/( 2*x*(1 - 2*x^2)*(2*k+1) - (k+1)/(1 - x/g[k+1] )); gf = 1 - x/g[0]; CoefficientList[Series[gf, {x, 0, max}], x] (* _Vaclav Kotesovec_, Jun 14 2015, after _Sergei N. Gladkovskii_ *)

%t a = DifferenceRoot[Function[{a, n}, {(-(6*n^2) + 2*n + 4)*a[n+2] + (n^2 + n - 2)*a[n+4] + 8*(n - 1)*n*a[n] - 4*n*a[n+1] + 2*n*a[n+3] == 0, a[2] == 1, a[3] == -1, a[4] == 2, a[5] == -4}]]; Table[a[n], {n, 2, 36}] (* _Jean-François Alcover_, Feb 23 2019 *)

%o (PARI) Vec(x^2*(1/sqrt(1-4*x^2) - x/((1-2*x^2)*sqrt(1-4*x^2))) + O(x^50)) \\ _G. C. Greubel_, Jan 29 2017

%Y Cf. A226303, A226304, A082590, A000984.

%K sign

%O 2,3

%A _N. J. A. Sloane_, Jun 06 2013

Lookup | Welcome | Wiki | Register | Music | Plot 2 | Demos | Index | Browse | More | WebCam
Contribute new seq. or comment | Format | Style Sheet | Transforms | Superseeker | Recents
The OEIS Community | Maintained by The OEIS Foundation Inc.

License Agreements, Terms of Use, Privacy Policy. .

Last modified May 13 23:15 EDT 2024. Contains 372524 sequences. (Running on oeis4.)