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A210128
Number of (n+1) X 3 0..3 arrays with every 2 X 2 subblock having one, three or four distinct values, and new values 0..3 introduced in row major order.
1
81, 2609, 84381, 2731088, 88392872, 2860882075, 92593947153, 2996851648908, 96994674850240, 3139283505544719, 101604556573346177, 3288484744444601296, 106433532896116499960, 3444777094948014560211, 111492016763745516373473
OFFSET
1,1
COMMENTS
Column 2 of A210134.
LINKS
FORMULA
Empirical: a(n) = 35*a(n-1) - 81*a(n-2) - 153*a(n-3) + 492*a(n-4) - 292*a(n-5).
Empirical g.f.: x*(81 - 226*x - 373*x^2 + 1475*x^3 - 1022*x^4) / ((1 - x)*(1 - 34*x + 47*x^2 + 200*x^3 - 292*x^4)). - Colin Barker, Jul 14 2018
EXAMPLE
Some solutions for n=4:
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1
0 0 0 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 2 3 0 2 3 0 0 2 2 1 1
1 2 1 1 3 2 0 2 0 3 1 1 1 1 0 2 3 1 3 0 2
0 1 3 0 3 0 3 0 1 1 0 2 3 2 3 1 2 0 2 0 1
1 3 0 0 1 3 2 1 2 3 0 1 3 0 0 1 0 1 1 3 0
CROSSREFS
Cf. A210134.
Sequence in context: A295274 A206534 A231859 * A297084 A018223 A206660
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
R. H. Hardin, Mar 17 2012
STATUS
approved