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A186878
Number of (n+2)X8 0..3 arrays with every 3X3 subblock commuting with each horizontal and vertical neighbor 3X3 subblock
1
186096, 18517, 32992, 108640, 230224, 287368, 338176, 414184, 568744, 927136, 1492600, 2387392, 4046104, 6975931, 11357422, 19105849, 32364013, 52661545, 88036021, 148729189, 243684934, 407116792, 686279218, 1129121971, 1883516491
OFFSET
1,1
COMMENTS
Column 6 of A186881
LINKS
FORMULA
Empirical: a(n)=2*a(n-1)-a(n-2)+3*a(n-3)-6*a(n-4)+3*a(n-5)+3*a(n-6)-3*a(n-7) for n>14
EXAMPLE
Some solutions for 4X8
..0..0..0..0..2..0..0..2....0..0..0..0..0..0..0..1....0..0..0..0..0..0..0..0
..0..0..0..0..0..2..0..0....0..0..0..0..0..0..0..1....2..0..0..0..0..0..0..0
..2..0..0..0..0..0..2..0....1..0..0..0..0..0..0..0....2..2..0..0..0..0..0..0
..0..0..0..0..0..0..0..2....3..0..0..0..0..0..0..0....3..2..2..0..0..0..0..1
CROSSREFS
Sequence in context: A032748 A180099 A092013 * A192103 A203442 A216901
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
R. H. Hardin Feb 28 2011
STATUS
approved