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A250784
Number of (2+1) X (n+1) 0..1 arrays with nondecreasing x(i,j)+x(i,j-1) in the i direction and nondecreasing absolute value of x(i,j)-x(i-1,j) in the j direction.
1
18, 46, 106, 238, 518, 1106, 2326, 4838, 9978, 20446, 41686, 84658, 171398, 346166, 697786, 1404398, 2823078, 5669266, 11375926, 22812358, 45722618, 91603646, 183463606, 367341938, 735354918, 1471795606, 2945348026, 5893538638
OFFSET
1,1
LINKS
FORMULA
Empirical: a(n) = 4*a(n-1) - 4*a(n-2) - a(n-3) + 2*a(n-4).
Conjectures from Colin Barker, Nov 19 2018: (Start)
G.f.: 2*x*(9 - 13*x - 3*x^2 + 8*x^3) / ((1 - x)*(1 - 2*x)*(1 - x - x^2)).
a(n) = 2^(1-n) * (2^n*(1+11*2^n) + 2*(1-sqrt(5))^n*(-2+sqrt(5)) - 2*(1+sqrt(5))^n*(2+sqrt(5))).
(End)
EXAMPLE
Some solutions for n=4:
..0..0..1..0..0....0..1..0..0..0....1..1..1..0..1....0..1..0..1..1
..0..0..1..0..1....1..0..1..1..1....1..1..1..1..0....0..1..0..1..1
..0..0..1..1..0....1..0..1..1..1....1..1..1..1..1....0..1..0..1..1
CROSSREFS
Row 2 of A250783.
Sequence in context: A057444 A130414 A108642 * A250731 A353209 A203596
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
R. H. Hardin, Nov 27 2014
STATUS
approved