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A226579 Smallest number of integer-sided squares needed to tile a 6 X n rectangle. 3

%I #18 Sep 05 2021 22:02:17

%S 0,6,3,2,3,5,1,5,4,3,4,6,2,6,5,4,5,7,3,7,6,5,6,8,4,8,7,6,7,9,5,9,8,7,

%T 8,10,6,10,9,8,9,11,7,11,10,9,10,12,8,12,11,10,11,13,9,13,12,11,12,14,

%U 10,14,13,12,13,15,11,15,14,13,14,16,12,16,15,14

%N Smallest number of integer-sided squares needed to tile a 6 X n rectangle.

%H Alois P. Heinz, <a href="/A226579/b226579.txt">Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..1000</a>

%H <a href="/index/Rec#order_05">Index entries for linear recurrences with constant coefficients</a>, signature (0,1,1,0,-1)

%F G.f.: x*(2*x^5-6*x^3-4*x^2+3*x+6)/(x^5-x^3-x^2+1).

%F a(n) = 1 + a(n-6) for n>7.

%e a(13) = 6:

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%p a:= n-> `if`(n=1, 6, iquo(n, 6, 'r') +[0, 4, 3, 2, 3, 5][r+1]):

%p seq(a(n), n=0..100);

%t Join[{0,6},LinearRecurrence[{0,1,1,0,-1},{3,2,3,5,1},80]] (* _Harvey P. Dale_, Jun 03 2014 *)

%Y Row m=6 of A113881, A219158.

%K nonn,easy

%O 0,2

%A _Alois P. Heinz_, Jun 12 2013

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