OFFSET
0,2
COMMENTS
[Empirical] a(base,n)=a(base-1,n)+3^(n-1) for base>=n; a(base,n)=a(base-1,n)+3^(n-1)-2 when base=n-1.
FORMULA
G.f.: (1+7*x-70*x^2+139*x^3-5*x^4-161*x^5+48*x^6+39*x^7-5*x^8) / (1-9*x+28*x^2-29*x^3-15*x^4+39*x^5-6*x^6-9*x^7+x^8) (conjectured). - Colin Barker, Jul 18 2017
PROG
(S/R) stvar $[N]:(0..M-1) init $[]:=0 asgn $[]->{*} kill +[i in 0..N-2](($[i]`-$[i+1]`>1)+($[i+1]`-$[i]`>1))
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,base
AUTHOR
R. H. Hardin, Dec 26 2006
STATUS
approved