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A209377
1/4 the number of (n+1) X 4 0..2 arrays with every 2 X 2 subblock having distinct edge sums.
1
16, 34, 64, 156, 320, 840, 1792, 4848, 10496, 28704, 62464, 171456, 373760, 1027200, 2240512, 6160128, 13438976, 36954624, 80625664, 221715456, 483737600, 1330268160, 2902392832, 7981559808, 17414291456, 47889260544, 104485617664
OFFSET
1,1
COMMENTS
Column 3 of A209382.
LINKS
FORMULA
Empirical: a(n) = 8*a(n-2) - 12*a(n-4).
Empirical g.f.: 2*x*(8 + 17*x - 32*x^2 - 58*x^3) / ((1 - 2*x^2)*(1 - 6*x^2)). - Colin Barker, Jul 09 2018
EXAMPLE
Some solutions for n=4:
..0..2..0..0....1..2..2..2....1..2..1..2....2..2..1..2....0..2..2..1
..1..2..1..2....0..0..1..0....0..0..0..2....1..0..0..0....0..1..0..0
..0..2..0..2....1..2..2..2....1..2..1..2....2..2..1..2....2..2..2..1
..0..1..0..1....0..0..1..0....0..2..0..0....1..0..0..0....0..1..0..0
..2..2..2..2....1..2..2..2....1..2..1..2....2..2..1..2....2..2..2..1
CROSSREFS
Cf. A209382.
Sequence in context: A091216 A350522 A132760 * A203446 A153819 A185459
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
R. H. Hardin, Mar 07 2012
STATUS
approved