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A229600 Number of defective 3-colorings of an n X 2 0..2 array connected horizontally and vertically with exactly two mistakes, and colors introduced in row-major 0..2 order. 2

%I #10 Mar 17 2018 05:45:38

%S 0,6,39,202,925,3924,15795,61182,230121,845640,3049407,10825650,

%T 37929141,131403708,450839115,1533738726,5178892545,17371743408,

%U 57926537559,192131864730,634207340493,2084322230820,6822862231779,22252658047182

%N Number of defective 3-colorings of an n X 2 0..2 array connected horizontally and vertically with exactly two mistakes, and colors introduced in row-major 0..2 order.

%C Column 2 of A229606.

%H R. H. Hardin, <a href="/A229600/b229600.txt">Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..210</a>

%F Empirical: a(n) = 9*a(n-1) - 27*a(n-2) + 27*a(n-3) for n>5.

%F Conjectures from _Colin Barker_, Mar 16 2018: (Start)

%F G.f.: x^2*(6 - 15*x + 13*x^2 - 2*x^3) / (1 - 3*x)^3.

%F a(n) = 3^(n-5) * (31*n+32*n^2-30) for n>2.

%F (End)

%e Some solutions for n=3:

%e 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1

%e 1 2 2 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 2 1 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 2

%e 1 2 2 0 2 0 1 2 2 2 2 0 1 1 2 0 0 2 2 0

%Y Cf. A229606.

%K nonn

%O 1,2

%A _R. H. Hardin_, Sep 26 2013

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