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A054759
Number of Eulerian orientations of the n X n square lattice (with wrap-around), i.e., number of arrow configurations on n X n grid that satisfy the square ice rule.
5
4, 18, 148, 2970, 143224, 16448400, 4484823396, 2901094068042, 4448410550095612, 16178049740086515288, 139402641051212392498528, 2849295959501939989625992464, 137950545200232788276834783781648, 15844635835975276495290739119895808472
OFFSET
1,1
COMMENTS
The n X n square lattice with wrap around is also called the torus grid graph. - Andrew Howroyd, Jan 11 2018
REFERENCES
Steven R. Finch, Mathematical Constants, Cambridge, 2003, pp. 412-416.
Computed by Jennifer Henry in Dec. 1998.
LINKS
E. H. Lieb, Residual entropy of square ice, Phys. Rev. 162 (1967) 162-172.
Steven R. Finch, Lieb's Square Ice Constant [Broken link]
Steven R. Finch, Lieb's Square Ice Constant [From the Wayback machine]
Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Torus Grid Graph
FORMULA
Elliot Lieb proved that lim_{n->oo} a(n)^(1/n^2) = (4/3)^(3/2). See A118273.
CROSSREFS
Cf. A118273, A358177. Main diagonal of A298119.
Sequence in context: A059837 A220266 A218917 * A286630 A330467 A356560
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Steven Finch, Apr 25 2000
EXTENSIONS
a(14) from Brendan McKay, Apr 18 2024
STATUS
approved