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%I #16 Aug 12 2023 13:00:11
%S 1,8,34,122,502,2098,8980,38928,170382,750722,3323554,14763438,
%T 65736004,293186252,1309156946,5850527002,26160514526,117022825786,
%U 523619082772,2343388805944,10488943094022,46952619517170
%N Number of base 8 circular n-digit numbers with adjacent digits differing by 2 or less.
%C [Empirical] a(base,n)=a(base-1,n)+A005191(n+1) for base>=2.int(n/2)+1.
%C See A285280 for confirmation of linear recurrence and code to produce sequence; also confirms conjectured g.f. from _Colin Barker_. - _Ray Chandler_, Aug 12 2023.
%H Ray Chandler, <a href="/A124843/b124843.txt">Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..99</a>
%H <a href="/index/Rec#order_06">Index entries for linear recurrences with constant coefficients</a>, signature (8, -15, -10, 29, 4, -12).
%F G.f.: (1 - 15*x^2 - 20*x^3 + 87*x^4 + 16*x^5 - 60*x^6) / ((1 - 3*x - x^2 + 2*x^3)*(1 - 5*x + x^2 + 6*x^3)). - _Colin Barker_, Jun 03 2017
%o (S/R) stvar $[N]:(0..M-1) init $[]:=0 asgn $[]->{*} kill +[i in 0..N-1](($[i]`-$[(i+1)mod N]`>2)+($[(i+1)mod N]`-$[i]`>2))
%Y Cf. Row 8 of A285280.
%K nonn,base
%O 0,2
%A _R. H. Hardin_, Dec 28 2006