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A218658
Hilltop maps: number of n X 3 binary arrays indicating the locations of corresponding elements not exceeded by any king-move neighbor in a random 0..1 n X 3 array.
2
5, 57, 417, 3249, 25533, 199489, 1560161, 12202673, 95434773, 746388537, 5837454753, 45654295713, 357058903853, 2792531543489, 21840184444225, 170810481722657, 1335896257560101, 10447946710663673, 81712625405191841
OFFSET
1,1
COMMENTS
Column 3 of A218663.
LINKS
FORMULA
Empirical: a(n) = 6*a(n-1) + 11*a(n-2) + 26*a(n-3) - 5*a(n-4) - 5*a(n-6).
Empirical g.f.: x*(5 + 27*x + 20*x^2 - 10*x^3 - 5*x^4 - 5*x^5) / (1 - 6*x - 11*x^2 - 26*x^3 + 5*x^4 + 5*x^6). - Colin Barker, Mar 10 2018
EXAMPLE
Some solutions for n=3:
..0..0..1....1..1..0....1..0..0....1..1..0....1..0..0....0..1..0....1..1..1
..1..1..1....1..1..1....0..0..1....1..0..0....1..0..1....0..1..1....0..1..0
..1..0..0....1..1..0....0..1..0....0..1..1....0..1..0....0..1..0....1..1..1
CROSSREFS
Cf. A218663.
Sequence in context: A000362 A196971 A197558 * A266278 A103047 A223628
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
R. H. Hardin, Nov 04 2012
STATUS
approved