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A006780
Number of n-step spirals on cubic lattice.
(Formerly M4163)
3
1, 6, 24, 90, 324, 1166, 4138, 14730, 51992, 183898, 646980, 2279702, 8002976, 28127418, 98585096, 345848306, 1210704274, 4241348770, 14833284544, 51907058582, 181392476966, 634197818374, 2214804822718, 7737946227490
OFFSET
0,2
REFERENCES
A. J. Guttmann and K. J. Wallace, On three-dimensional spiral anisotropic self-avoiding walks, J. Phys. A 18 (1985), L1049-L1054.
N. J. A. Sloane and Simon Plouffe, The Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1995 (includes this sequence).
G. Szekeres and A. J. Guttmann, Spiral self-avoiding walks on the triangular lattice, J. Phys. A 20 (1987), 481-493.
LINKS
Miles Conway, Python3 program
Sean A. Irvine, Java program (github)
CROSSREFS
Sequence in context: A249976 A181618 A002919 * A001352 A155602 A179716
KEYWORD
nonn,more
EXTENSIONS
More terms from Sean A. Irvine, Aug 29 2019
STATUS
approved