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A207399
Number of n X 4 0..1 arrays avoiding 0 0 1 and 0 1 1 horizontally and 0 0 1 and 1 1 0 vertically.
2
9, 81, 289, 729, 1521, 2809, 4761, 7569, 11449, 16641, 23409, 32041, 42849, 56169, 72361, 91809, 114921, 142129, 173889, 210681, 253009, 301401, 356409, 418609, 488601, 567009, 654481, 751689, 859329, 978121, 1108809, 1252161, 1408969
OFFSET
1,1
COMMENTS
Column 4 of A207403.
LINKS
FORMULA
Empirical: a(n) = n^4 + 6*n^3 + 7*n^2 - 6*n + 1.
Conjectures from Colin Barker, Mar 05 2018: (Start)
G.f.: x*(9 + 36*x - 26*x^2 + 4*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....0..0..0..0....1..0..1..0....1..0..0..0....1..1..0..1
..1..1..1..1....0..0..0..0....1..1..1..1....0..1..0..0....0..0..0..0
..1..1..1..1....0..0..0..0....1..1..1..1....1..0..0..0....0..1..0..1
..1..1..1..1....0..0..0..0....1..1..1..1....1..1..0..0....0..0..0..0
CROSSREFS
Cf. A207403.
Sequence in context: A207244 A207064 A207119 * A207904 A207748 A208035
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
R. H. Hardin, Feb 17 2012
STATUS
approved