A127864 Number of tilings of a 2 X n board with 1 X 1 and L-shaped tiles (where the L-shaped tiles cover 3 squares).

1, 1, 5, 11, 33, 87, 241, 655, 1793, 4895, 13377, 36543, 99841, 272767, 745217, 2035967, 5562369, 15196671, 41518081, 113429503, 309895169, 846649343, 2313089025, 6319476735, 17265131521, 47169216511, 128868696065, 352075825151, 961889042433, 2627929735167

Offset

0,3

Comments

The signed version of this sequence appears as A077917.

Links

Alois P. Heinz, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..1000

P. Z. Chinn, R. Grimaldi and S. Heubach, Tiling with Ls and Squares, J. Int. Sequences 10 (2007) #07.2.8.

S. Heubach, Tiling with Ls and Squares, 2005.

Index entries for linear recurrences with constant coefficients, signature (1,4,2).

Formula

a(n) = a(n-1) + 4*a(n-2) + 2*a(n-3).

a(n) = (-1)^n + (1/sqrt(3)) * ((1+sqrt(3))^n - (1-sqrt(3))^n).

G.f.: 1/(1 - x - 4*x^2 - 2*x^3).

a(n) = A028860(n+2) + (-1)^n. - R. J. Mathar, Oct 29 2010

E.g.f.: exp(-x) + (2/sqrt(3))*exp(x)*sinh(sqrt(3)*x). - G. C. Greubel, Dec 08 2022

Example

a(2) = 5 because the 2 X 2 board can be tiled either with 4 squares or with a single L-shaped tile (in four orientations) together with a single square tile.

Mathematica

CoefficientList[Series[1/(1-x-4*x^2-2*x^3), {x, 0, 30}], x]

Prog

(Magma) I:=[1, 1, 5]; [n le 3 select I[n] else Self(n-1) + 4*Self(n-2) + 2*Self(n-3): n in [1..41]]; // G. C. Greubel, Dec 08 2022
(SageMath)
A028860 = BinaryRecurrenceSequence(2, 2, -1, 1)
def A127864(n): return A028860(n+2) + (-1)^n
[A127864(n) for n in range(51)] # G. C. Greubel, Dec 08 2022

Crossrefs

Cf. A077917, A127865, A127866, A127867, A127868, A127869, A127870, A127871, A127872.

Column k=2 of A220054. - Alois P. Heinz, Dec 03 2012

Sequence in context: A323867 A280540 A077917 * A055936 A194589 A189918

Adjacent sequences: A127861 A127862 A127863 * A127865 A127866 A127867

Keyword

easy,nonn

Author

Silvia Heubach (sheubac(AT)calstatela.edu), Feb 03 2007

Status

approved