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A202883
Number of n X 2 0..2 arrays with every nonzero element less than or equal to some horizontal or vertical neighbor.
1
3, 35, 265, 1849, 13345, 96941, 701275, 5071167, 36689027, 265439091, 1920308033, 13892446697, 100505282121, 727107537885, 5260271847715, 38055531396239, 275313438949691, 1991760080088995, 14409424470217081, 104245243244589977
OFFSET
1,1
COMMENTS
Column 2 of A202889.
LINKS
FORMULA
Empirical: a(n) = 6*a(n-1) +2*a(n-2) +46*a(n-3) +25*a(n-4) +36*a(n-5).
Empirical g.f.: (3 + 17*x + 49*x^2 + 51*x^3 + 36*x^4) / (1 - 6*x - 2*x^2 - 46*x^3 - 25*x^4 - 36*x^5). - Colin Barker, Jun 02 2018
EXAMPLE
Some solutions for n=5:
2 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 2
2 0 2 1 2 2 1 1 0 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 1 2 1 1
0 2 2 1 2 2 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 2 2 1
0 2 2 0 0 0 2 1 2 2 1 1 2 0 0 1 2 2 2 0
0 1 1 0 1 1 2 1 2 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 0 1 1 0
CROSSREFS
Cf. A202889.
Sequence in context: A061548 A019273 A271209 * A069448 A339516 A121078
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
R. H. Hardin, Dec 25 2011
STATUS
approved