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A182793 Number of n-colorings of the 8 X 8 X 8 triangular grid. 12
0, 0, 0, 6, 1031276544, 4826149802070660, 316827094291524894720, 1595091571660292411606250, 1592275064882420035249606656, 526249245643156296389047576104, 78022473527414400196098852126720, 6300701001267935948773824927446190 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; text; internal format)
OFFSET
0,4
COMMENTS
The 8 X 8 X 8 triangular grid has 8 rows with k vertices in row k. Each vertex is connected to the neighbors in the same row and up to two vertices in each of the neighboring rows. The graph has 36 vertices and 84 edges altogether.
LINKS
Index entries for linear recurrences with constant coefficients, signature (37, -666, 7770, -66045, 435897, -2324784, 10295472, -38608020, 124403620, -348330136, 854992152, -1852482996, 3562467300, -6107086800, 9364199760, -12875774670, 15905368710, -17672631900, 17672631900, -15905368710, 12875774670, -9364199760, 6107086800, -3562467300, 1852482996, -854992152, 348330136, -124403620, 38608020, -10295472, 2324784, -435897, 66045, -7770, 666, -37, 1).
FORMULA
a(n) = n^36 -84*n^35 + ... (see Maple program).
a(n) = (n^30 + ... )*n*(n-1)*(n-2)^4 (see PARI program), therefore all terms are divisible by 6. - M. F. Hasler, Dec 02 2010
MAPLE
a:= n-> n^36 -84*n^35 +3437*n^34 -91266*n^33 +1767948*n^32 -26626641*n^31 +324474230*n^30 -3287527515*n^29 +28241112564*n^28 -208720581316*n^27 +1342098781876*n^26 -7574085510428*n^25 +37773151152128*n^24 -167375021582772*n^23 +661739022592885*n^22 -2341944556478962*n^21 +7436934470326959*n^20 -21224613967949058*n^19 +54488667645973816*n^18 -125859887740997948*n^17 +261444368727996373*n^16 -487829426279117443*n^15 +816027319948726718*n^14 -1220298815193350831*n^13 +1625157969312740380*n^12 -1917859440184087949*n^11 +1992559474100473934*n^10 -1807335902805940076*n^9 +1415695106519940144*n^8 -943996557462968752*n^7 +525570615466126368*n^6 -237792323595423264*n^5 +84014216771282688*n^4 -21747100909979904*n^3 +3668087119290368*n^2 -302469084548608*n: seq(a(n), n=0..12);
PROG
(PARI) a(n) = n*(n-1)*(n-2)^4*(n^30 -15*(5*n^20 -182*n^19 -73212*n^17 +968723*n^16 -10321679*n^15 +90965902*n^14 -42239514291692*n^5 +728948069669224)*n^9 -64240*n^27 +10138842074*n^22 -64422107890*n^21 +353781404418*n^20 -1692797609642*n^19 +7100833446102*n^18 -26231755759998*n^17 +85617623199383*n^16 -247408302649363*n^15 -1437889343008038*n^13 +2888477744794634*n^12 -5124456558208194*n^11 +8000185529836163*n^10 +12990665090694358*n^8 -13287807554341505*n^7 +11549829535832291*n^6 -8378308904565234*n^5 +4943464695686292*n^4 -2282977532565696*n^3 +775401219820384*n^2 -172542491602784*n +18904317784288) \\ - M. F. Hasler, Dec 02 2010
CROSSREFS
Sequence in context: A363500 A193150 A307896 * A058431 A045518 A058457
KEYWORD
nonn,easy
AUTHOR
Alois P. Heinz, Dec 02 2010
STATUS
approved

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