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A069396
Half the number of 3 X n binary arrays with a path of adjacent 1's and a path of adjacent 0's from top row to bottom row.
92
1, 25, 377, 4541, 48329, 476389, 4461489, 40306317, 354713977, 3060942133, 26020259201, 218626028573, 1820140085705, 15043088032837, 123602247055953, 1010793162739629, 8234370308667673, 66870924588036181
OFFSET
2,2
LINKS
FORMULA
G.f.: x^2*(2*x+1)^2/(1-8*x)/(2*x^2-7*x+1)/(4*x^2-6*x+1). - Vladeta Jovovic, Jul 02 2003
2*a(n) = 8^n+A084326(n+1) -2*A186446(n). - R. J. Mathar, May 09 2023
MATHEMATICA
Drop[CoefficientList[Series[x^2*(2*x+1)^2/(1-8*x)/(2*x^2-7*x + 1)/(4*x^2 - 6*x + 1), {x, 0, 50}], x], 2] (* G. C. Greubel, Apr 22 2018 *)
PROG
(PARI) x='x+O('x^30); Vec(x^2*(2*x+1)^2/(1-8*x)/(2*x^2-7*x+1)/(4*x^2 -6*x+1)) \\ G. C. Greubel, Apr 22 2018
(Magma) m:=25; R<x>:=PowerSeriesRing(Integers(), m); Coefficients(R!(x^2*(2*x+1)^2/(1-8*x)/(2*x^2-7*x+1)/(4*x^2-6*x+1))); // G. C. Greubel, Apr 22 2018
CROSSREFS
Cf. 1 X n A000225, 2 X n A016269, vertical path of 1 A069361-A069395, vertical paths of 0+1 A069396-A069416, vertical path of 1 not 0 A069417-A069428, no vertical paths A069429-A069447, no horizontal or vertical paths A069448-A069452.
Sequence in context: A036071 A225968 A094190 * A228216 A261485 A125482
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
R. H. Hardin, Mar 22 2002
STATUS
approved