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A229667
Number of defective 4-colorings of an nX3 0..3 array connected horizontally, antidiagonally and vertically with exactly two mistakes, and colors introduced in row-major 0..3 order
1
1, 61, 1555, 19805, 194575, 1673561, 13271403, 99602405, 718231671, 5024073665, 34312328499, 229845418733, 1515221386655, 9855527727977, 63373619492795, 403501000362805, 2547056875288967, 15956625712036945, 99294517974997251
OFFSET
1,2
COMMENTS
Column 3 of A229672
LINKS
FORMULA
Empirical: a(n) = 21*a(n-1) -171*a(n-2) +679*a(n-3) -1368*a(n-4) +1344*a(n-5) -512*a(n-6) for n>7.
Empirical: G.f. x -x^2*(-61-274*x+2419*x^2-3156*x^3-1744*x^4+3392*x^5) / (8*x^2-7*x+1)^3. - R. J. Mathar, Sep 29 2013
EXAMPLE
Some solutions for n=3
..0..1..0....0..1..1....0..1..0....0..1..0....0..1..2....0..0..1....0..1..2
..2..3..2....2..3..2....2..3..2....0..2..1....3..1..1....1..2..2....0..0..3
..3..2..0....1..1..0....2..0..2....1..3..1....0..2..3....3..0..3....2..1..2
CROSSREFS
Sequence in context: A350974 A143011 A211213 * A242382 A017777 A113054
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
R. H. Hardin, Sep 27 2013
STATUS
approved