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A209368
Number of n X 2 1..3 arrays with no element with value z exactly a city block distance of z from another element with value z.
1
8, 39, 84, 129, 178, 338, 722, 1568, 3362, 7200, 15488, 33282, 71442, 153458, 329672, 708050, 1520768, 3266568, 7016258, 15070050, 32369058, 69525632, 149333762, 320753792, 688947200, 1479788802, 3178436450, 6826961250, 14663623752
OFFSET
1,1
COMMENTS
Column 2 of A209374.
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FORMULA
Empirical: a(n) = a(n-1) + a(n-2) + 3*a(n-3) + a(n-4) - a(n-5) - a(n-6) for n>11.
Empirical g.f.: x*(8 + 31*x + 37*x^2 - 18*x^3 - 160*x^4 - 252*x^5 - 218*x^6 - 32*x^7 + 93*x^8 + 73*x^9 + 16*x^10) / ((1 + x^2 - x^3)*(1 - x - 2*x^2 - x^3)). - Colin Barker, Jul 09 2018
EXAMPLE
Some solutions for n=5:
..3..2....3..1....3..1....3..2....2..3....2..1....2..2....2..1....2..3....3..1
..1..2....2..3....1..2....1..3....2..1....1..3....1..3....2..3....2..1....1..3
..3..1....2..1....3..1....3..1....1..3....3..3....3..1....3..3....1..3....2..1
..1..3....1..3....1..3....2..3....3..2....1..3....1..3....1..3....3..1....1..3
..2..1....3..1....2..1....2..1....1..2....2..2....2..1....2..1....1..2....3..2
CROSSREFS
Cf. A209374.
Sequence in context: A329172 A346326 A003353 * A190097 A245135 A200157
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
R. H. Hardin, Mar 07 2012
STATUS
approved