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A233251
Number of n X 3 0..5 arrays with no element x(i,j) adjacent to itself or value 5-x(i,j) horizontally or antidiagonally, top left element zero, and 1 appearing before 2 3 and 4, and 2 appearing before 3 in row major order (unlabelled 6-colorings with no clashing color pairs).
1
3, 104, 4672, 221696, 10620928, 509640704, 24461443072, 1174138781696, 56358577635328, 2705211055407104, 129850125290831872, 6232805971010256896, 299174686264894947328, 14360384937966178402304, 689298477000386330755072
OFFSET
1,1
LINKS
FORMULA
Empirical: a(n) = 56*a(n-1) - 384*a(n-2).
Conjectures from Colin Barker, Oct 10 2018: (Start)
G.f.: x*(3 - 64*x) / ((1 - 8*x)*(1 - 48*x)).
a(n) = 8^(n-1) * (6^n+3) / 3.
(End)
EXAMPLE
Some solutions for n=4:
..0..1..0....0..1..0....0..1..2....0..1..2....0..1..0....0..1..2....0..1..0
..5..4..0....0..4..5....2..0..3....2..0..2....2..1..0....2..1..2....5..4..5
..5..2..5....2..1..3....3..0..4....2..0..2....2..4..5....5..4..0....2..1..2
..1..3..4....0..4..3....3..0..2....3..4..3....2..4..0....5..2..1....2..0..1
CROSSREFS
Column 3 of A233256.
Sequence in context: A280177 A241348 A050651 * A279303 A103037 A228309
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
R. H. Hardin, Dec 06 2013
STATUS
approved