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A231337
Number of (n+1) X (1+1) 0..3 arrays with no element unequal to a strict majority of its horizontal and vertical neighbors, with values 0..3 introduced in row major order.
3
3, 4, 7, 12, 24, 48, 103, 222, 493, 1100, 2486, 5638, 12859, 29392, 67355, 154540, 355004, 816036, 1876863, 4318202, 9937841, 22874732, 52659594, 121237418, 279141171, 642732028, 1479959119, 3407837388, 7847200512, 18069880632
OFFSET
1,1
COMMENTS
Column 1 of A231343.
LINKS
FORMULA
Empirical: a(n) = 3*a(n-1) + a(n-2) - 7*a(n-3) + a(n-4) + 3*a(n-5).
Empirical g.f.: x*(3 - 5*x - 8*x^2 + 8*x^3 + 6*x^4) / ((1 - x)*(1 - x - x^2)*(1 - x - 3*x^2)). - Colin Barker, Feb 24 2018
EXAMPLE
Some solutions for n=5:
..0..1....0..0....0..0....0..0....0..0....0..0....0..0....0..0....0..0....0..0
..0..1....0..0....1..1....0..0....0..0....1..1....1..1....0..0....0..0....0..0
..0..1....1..1....1..1....1..1....1..1....1..1....1..1....0..0....0..0....1..1
..0..1....1..1....2..2....1..1....1..1....0..0....2..2....0..0....0..0....1..1
..0..1....1..1....2..2....1..1....0..0....0..0....2..2....0..0....1..1....2..2
..0..1....1..1....3..3....2..2....0..0....1..1....0..0....1..1....1..1....2..2
CROSSREFS
Cf. A231343.
Sequence in context: A062202 A049859 A124636 * A373805 A049930 A102938
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
R. H. Hardin, Nov 07 2013
STATUS
approved