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A180584
Number of Hamiltonian cycles in C_8 X P_n.
3
1, 10, 318, 6114, 126426, 2588218, 53055038, 1087362018, 22286085818, 456763781330, 9361593883038, 191870363459178, 3932475321605194, 80597971743535618, 1651894168575456078, 33856364932336405826
OFFSET
1,2
LINKS
Artem M. Karavaev, FlowProblem.ru web-project: Hamilton Cycles page.
FORMULA
a(1) = 1,
a(2) = 10,
a(3) = 318,
a(4) = 6114,
a(5) = 126426,
a(6) = 2588218,
a(7) = 53055038,
a(8) = 1087362018,
a(9) = 22286085818,
a(10) = 456763781330,
a(11) = 9361593883038,
a(12) = 191870363459178,
a(13) = 3932475321605194,
a(14) = 80597971743535618,
a(15) = 1651894168575456078,
a(16) = 33856364932336405826,
a(17) = 693902471632291156946,
a(18) = 14221864665640856614738,
a(19) = 291483951760814319838934,
a(20) = 5974103686936428822276538,
a(21) = 122442126390395191122751354 and
a(n) = 40a(n-20) - 72a(n-19) - 84a(n-18) + 928a(n-17) - 1018a(n-16) +
584a(n-15) - 3848a(n-14) - 11373a(n-13) - 4467a(n-12) - 1318a(n-11) +
5873a(n-10) + 11998a(n-9) + 8806a(n-8) + 5041a(n-7) + 2919a(n-6) +
22a(n-5) - 218a(n-4) - 345a(n-3) - 34a(n-2) + 23a(n-1), n>21.
CROSSREFS
Sequence in context: A291561 A302933 A372729 * A048345 A325726 A223298
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Artem M. Karavaev, Sep 10 2010
STATUS
approved