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A126516
Number of base 21 n-digit numbers with adjacent digits differing by four or less.
1
1, 21, 169, 1401, 11729, 98733, 833745, 7053777, 59744071, 506355371, 4293250829, 36409762185, 308822547173, 2619602438143, 22221971988277, 188513351680519, 1599222568187231, 13566880665362081, 115094253790715069
OFFSET
0,2
COMMENTS
[Empirical] a(base,n)=a(base-1,n)+9^(n-1) for base>=4n-3; a(base,n)=a(base-1,n)+9^(n-1)-2 when base=4n-4
PROG
(S/R) stvar $[N]:(0..M-1) init $[]:=0 asgn $[]->{*} kill +[i in 0..N-2](($[i]`-$[i+1]`>4)+($[i+1]`-$[i]`>4))
CROSSREFS
Cf. Base 21 differing by three or less A126489, two or less A126408, one or less A126375.
Sequence in context: A358930 A041848 A125358 * A241219 A185128 A007261
KEYWORD
nonn,base
AUTHOR
R. H. Hardin, Dec 28 2006
STATUS
approved