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A257866
Number of tilings of a 5 X n rectangle using n pentominoes of shapes W, I, L.
3
1, 1, 3, 5, 19, 74, 209, 572, 1479, 4304, 13002, 38315, 109651, 308982, 884120, 2560952, 7428183, 21413028, 61433280, 176415916, 507985116, 1464725431, 4220293147, 12145885239, 34945690653, 100586823613, 289649303130, 834087280681, 2401368817168, 6912685066843
OFFSET
0,3
LINKS
FORMULA
a(n) ~ c * d^n, where d = 2.878962978866730659679600165158895088546680936475540731494833253735549346144..., c = 0.33249894796240209167801000207088312509480543003269025485052861968247997... (1/d is the root of the denominator, see g.f.). - Vaclav Kotesovec, May 19 2015
EXAMPLE
a(3) = 5:
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a(4) = 19:
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KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Alois P. Heinz, May 11 2015
STATUS
approved