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A207107
Number of n X 4 0..1 arrays avoiding 0 0 0 and 0 1 1 horizontally and 0 0 1 and 1 1 0 vertically.
4
9, 81, 271, 643, 1271, 2239, 3641, 5581, 8173, 11541, 15819, 21151, 27691, 35603, 45061, 56249, 69361, 84601, 102183, 122331, 145279, 171271, 200561, 233413, 270101, 310909, 356131, 406071, 461043, 521371, 587389, 659441, 737881, 823073
OFFSET
1,1
COMMENTS
Column 4 of A207111.
LINKS
FORMULA
Empirical: a(n) = (5/12)*n^4 + (13/2)*n^3 + (115/12)*n^2 - (17/2)*n + 1.
Conjectures from Colin Barker, Feb 20 2018: (Start)
G.f.: x*(9 + 36*x - 44*x^2 + 8*x^3 + x^4) / (1 - x)^5.
a(n) = 5*a(n-1) - 10*a(n-2) + 10*a(n-3) - 5*a(n-4) + a(n-5) for n>5.
(End)
EXAMPLE
Some solutions for n=4:
..1..1..1..1....1..0..0..1....0..0..1..0....1..0..0..1....0..1..0..0
..1..1..1..1....1..0..0..1....1..0..0..1....0..1..0..0....0..0..1..0
..1..1..1..1....1..0..0..1....0..0..1..0....0..1..0..1....0..0..1..0
..1..1..1..1....1..0..0..1....1..0..1..0....0..1..0..0....0..0..1..0
CROSSREFS
Cf. A207111.
Sequence in context: A209646 A267715 A207753 * A207463 A207914 A208040
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
R. H. Hardin, Feb 15 2012
STATUS
approved