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A249286
Number of length n+3 0..4 arrays with no four consecutive terms having the sum of any three elements equal to three times the fourth.
1
524, 2228, 9504, 40588, 173368, 740616, 3164312, 13520668, 57772560, 246857788, 1054810472, 4507167504, 19258980852, 82293014888, 351635522044, 1502528043892, 6420257600360, 27433569837528, 117222829267252
OFFSET
1,1
COMMENTS
Column 4 of A249290.
LINKS
FORMULA
Empirical: a(n) = 3*a(n-1) +3*a(n-2) +9*a(n-3) +35*a(n-4) -65*a(n-5) -151*a(n-6) -317*a(n-7) -534*a(n-8) -140*a(n-9) +1280*a(n-10) +2126*a(n-11) +2048*a(n-12) +5830*a(n-13) +4946*a(n-14) +11778*a(n-15) +25333*a(n-16) +19483*a(n-17) -11542*a(n-18) -9074*a(n-19) -7639*a(n-20) -13027*a(n-21) +38961*a(n-22) -25267*a(n-23) -187805*a(n-24) -120777*a(n-25) +143132*a(n-26) +88370*a(n-27) -57497*a(n-28) -100517*a(n-29) -152210*a(n-30) -3304*a(n-31) +156512*a(n-32) +254068*a(n-33) +111836*a(n-34) -84272*a(n-35) -31976*a(n-36) +9504*a(n-37) -3632*a(n-38) -144*a(n-39) +576*a(n-40).
EXAMPLE
Some solutions for n=5
..2....0....0....1....1....2....2....1....1....1....0....2....0....0....0....0
..3....4....3....0....1....0....1....2....0....2....2....1....2....3....1....2
..1....4....1....4....2....0....0....1....0....4....0....4....2....2....1....2
..0....0....3....4....3....0....3....3....2....3....0....2....3....1....4....0
..3....4....2....1....3....4....4....0....3....2....1....4....3....4....0....0
..2....0....4....4....1....3....3....4....4....2....4....3....3....2....4....1
..0....3....2....4....4....2....0....0....2....0....4....0....1....2....4....1
..2....2....3....2....1....2....3....1....0....3....1....3....3....1....4....0
CROSSREFS
Cf. A249290.
Sequence in context: A207199 A045209 A074889 * A283345 A125012 A281549
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
R. H. Hardin, Oct 24 2014
STATUS
approved