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A223265
Rolling cube footprints: number of n X 4 0..5 arrays starting with 0 where 0..5 label faces of a cube and every array movement to a horizontal, diagonal or antidiagonal neighbor moves across a corresponding cube edge.
1
64, 6144, 622592, 63438848, 6467616768, 659411697664, 67231270567936, 6854664725200896, 698877628160933888, 71255117675418877952, 7264922488410118029312, 740706078202304288260096
OFFSET
1,1
COMMENTS
Column 4 of A223269.
LINKS
FORMULA
Empirical: a(n) = 112*a(n-1) - 1024*a(n-2).
Empirical g.f.: 64*x*(1 - 16*x) / (1 - 112*x + 1024*x^2). - Colin Barker, Aug 18 2018
EXAMPLE
Some solutions for n=3:
..0..3..5..1....0..4..2..0....0..3..0..1....0..3..5..2....0..3..4..3
..0..3..5..2....0..4..2..0....0..1..0..3....0..2..0..3....0..2..0..2
..0..2..1..2....0..4..3..4....0..1..0..4....0..3..5..3....1..2..1..2
Face neighbors:
0.->.1.2.3.4
1.->.0.2.3.5
2.->.0.1.4.5
3.->.0.1.4.5
4.->.0.3.2.5
5.->.1.3.4.2
CROSSREFS
Cf. A223269.
Sequence in context: A240346 A009823 A222100 * A266631 A085525 A349506
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
R. H. Hardin, Mar 19 2013
STATUS
approved