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A229535
Number of defective 3-colorings of a 2 X n 0..2 array connected horizontally, diagonally and antidiagonally with exactly one mistake, and colors introduced in row-major 0..2 order.
1
0, 4, 8, 36, 112, 368, 1152, 3568, 10880, 32832, 98176, 291392, 859392, 2520832, 7359488, 21397248, 61984768, 178979840, 515303424, 1479746560, 4239208448, 12118487040, 34574761984, 98466394112, 279960846336, 794771341312
OFFSET
1,2
LINKS
FORMULA
Empirical: a(n) = 4*a(n-1) - 8*a(n-3) - 4*a(n-4).
Empirical g.f.: 4*x^2*(1 - x)^2 / (1 - 2*x - 2*x^2)^2. - Colin Barker, Sep 18 2018
EXAMPLE
Some solutions for n=4:
..0..1..2..0....0..1..0..0....0..1..0..2....0..1..0..2....0..1..0..1
..0..1..0..1....2..1..2..1....2..1..2..1....1..2..0..1....1..2..0..1
CROSSREFS
Row 2 of A229534.
Sequence in context: A149112 A221842 A100214 * A309618 A047710 A370573
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
R. H. Hardin, Sep 25 2013
STATUS
approved