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A224668
Number of 6 X 6 0..n matrices with each 2 X 2 subblock idempotent.
1
428, 542, 668, 806, 956, 1118, 1292, 1478, 1676, 1886, 2108, 2342, 2588, 2846, 3116, 3398, 3692, 3998, 4316, 4646, 4988, 5342, 5708, 6086, 6476, 6878, 7292, 7718, 8156, 8606, 9068, 9542, 10028, 10526, 11036, 11558, 12092, 12638, 13196, 13766, 14348
OFFSET
1,1
LINKS
FORMULA
Empirical: a(n) = 6*n^2 + 96*n + 326.
Conjectures from Colin Barker, Sep 02 2018: (Start)
G.f.: 2*x*(214 - 371*x + 163*x^2) / (1 - x)^3.
a(n) = 3*a(n-1) - 3*a(n-2) + a(n-3) for n>3.
(End)
EXAMPLE
Some solutions for n=3:
..1..0..0..0..1..0....1..1..1..1..1..0....1..0..1..0..0..3....1..0..1..0..0..1
..1..0..0..0..1..0....0..0..0..0..0..0....1..0..1..0..0..1....1..0..1..0..0..1
..1..0..0..0..1..0....1..1..1..1..1..1....0..0..1..0..0..1....1..0..1..0..0..1
..1..0..0..0..1..0....0..0..0..0..0..0....0..0..1..0..0..1....1..0..1..0..0..1
..1..0..0..0..1..0....1..1..1..1..1..1....0..0..1..0..0..1....1..0..1..0..0..1
..2..0..0..0..1..0....0..0..0..0..0..0....0..0..1..0..0..1....0..0..1..0..0..1
CROSSREFS
Row 6 of A224665.
Sequence in context: A095811 A235217 A236383 * A343536 A030467 A253505
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
R. H. Hardin, Apr 14 2013
STATUS
approved