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A218238
Hilltop maps: number of n X 4 binary arrays indicating the locations of corresponding elements not exceeded by any king-move neighbor in a random 0..3 n X 4 array.
1
15, 255, 4095, 65535, 1048545, 16776705, 268427265, 4294836225, 68717379375, 1099478066175, 17591648997375, 281466382974975, 4503462111871425, 72055393538292225, 1152886292586266625, 18446180616957722625
OFFSET
1,1
COMMENTS
Column 4 of A218242.
LINKS
FORMULA
Empirical: a(n) = 15*a(n-1) + 15*a(n-2) + 15*a(n-3) + 15*a(n-4) + 15*a(n-5) + 15*a(n-6) + 15*a(n-7).
Empirical g.f.: 15*x*(1 + x)^2*(1 + x^2)^2 / (1 - 15*x - 15*x^2 - 15*x^3 - 15*x^4 - 15*x^5 - 15*x^6 - 15*x^7). - Colin Barker, Jul 24 2018
EXAMPLE
Some solutions for n=3:
..0..1..1..0....1..1..1..0....1..0..1..0....0..0..0..1....0..1..1..1
..0..0..0..1....1..0..1..0....0..1..1..0....1..1..1..1....0..1..1..1
..0..1..1..1....0..1..0..1....1..1..0..1....0..1..1..1....0..1..1..0
CROSSREFS
Cf. A218242.
Sequence in context: A182607 A218284 A218634 * A015691 A145562 A027775
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
R. H. Hardin, Oct 24 2012
STATUS
approved