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Number of ways three L-tiles can be placed on an n X n square.
2

%I #7 Jun 08 2014 12:48:43

%S 0,0,0,0,11,196,1195,4544,13215,32276,69671,137120,251139,434180,

%T 715891,1134496,1738295,2587284,3754895,5329856,7418171,10145220,

%U 13657979,18127360,23750671,30754196,39395895,49968224,62801075,78264836,96773571,118788320,144820519

%N Number of ways three L-tiles can be placed on an n X n square.

%H Alois P. Heinz, <a href="/A243646/b243646.txt">Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..1000</a>

%F G.f.: x^4*(x^5-27*x^4+90*x^3-54*x^2-119*x-11) / (x-1)^7.

%F a(n) = (n^6-6*n^5-6*n^4+88*n^3-73*n^2-310*n+426)/6 for n>=4, a(n) = 0 for n<4.

%e a(4) = 11:

%e ._______. ._______. ._______. ._______.

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%e |___|_|_| |___| |_| |___|___| |___|___|

%e | |_| |_| | |_|___| | |_|_|_| |_| |_|_|

%e |___|___| |___|_|_| |___|_|_| |_|___|_|

%e ._______. ._______. ._______. ._______.

%e | |_| |_| |_|_| |_| |_|_| |_| |_| |_|_|

%e |___|___| | |_|___| |_|_|___| |_|___|_|

%e |_|_| |_| |___| |_| | |_| |_| | |_| |_|

%e |_|_|___| |_|_|___| |___|___| |___|___|

%e ._______. ._______. ._______.

%e |_|_| |_| | |_|_|_| |_| |_|_|

%e |_| |___| |___| |_| | |___|_|

%e | |___|_| |_| |___| |___| |_|

%e |___|_|_| |_|___|_| |_|_|___| .

%p a:= n-> `if`(n<4, 0, ((((((n-6)*n-6)*n+88)*n-73)*n-310)*n+426)/6):

%p seq(a(n), n=0..50);

%Y Column k=3 of A243608.

%K nonn,easy

%O 0,5

%A _Alois P. Heinz_, Jun 08 2014