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A205621
Number of (n+1) X 4 0..2 arrays with every 2 X 2 subblock in a row having an equal number of equal diagonal or equal antidiagonal elements, adjacent rows differing in this number, and new values 0..2 introduced in row major order.
1
194, 1512, 13068, 113592, 992088, 8636544, 75419136, 656729088, 5733618048, 49937319936, 435896552448, 3797147043840, 33139377911808, 288724641841152, 2519477853880320, 21953583883419648, 191549577961635840
OFFSET
1,1
COMMENTS
Column 3 of A205626.
LINKS
FORMULA
Empirical: a(n) = 72*a(n-2) + 48*a(n-3) - 112*a(n-4) for n>5.
Empirical g.f.: 2*x*(97 + 756*x - 450*x^2 - 2292*x^3 + 172*x^4) / (1 - 72*x^2 - 48*x^3 + 112*x^4). - Colin Barker, Jun 12 2018
EXAMPLE
Some solutions for n=4:
..0..0..1..1....0..1..2..0....0..1..1..2....0..1..2..0....0..0..0..0
..0..1..1..0....0..1..2..0....1..1..2..2....2..0..1..2....0..1..0..2
..0..2..2..0....2..0..1..2....2..0..0..0....2..0..1..2....0..1..0..2
..0..0..2..2....1..0..1..2....0..0..1..0....2..2..0..1....2..0..0..0
..2..1..1..0....1..1..1..1....1..2..2..0....0..1..0..1....2..1..1..1
CROSSREFS
Cf. A205626.
Sequence in context: A248549 A278123 A158224 * A205356 A281807 A220160
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
R. H. Hardin, Jan 29 2012
STATUS
approved