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A250313
Number of length n+2 0..1 arrays with the sum of second differences squared multiplied by some arrangement of +-1 equal to zero.
1
2, 8, 8, 24, 42, 104, 212, 464, 950, 1968, 3984, 8072, 16226, 32600, 65324, 130848, 261870, 524000, 1048232, 2096792, 4193882, 8388168, 16776708, 33553904, 67108262, 134217104, 268434752, 536870184, 1073741010, 2147482808, 4294966364
OFFSET
1,1
LINKS
FORMULA
Empirical: a(n) = 3*a(n-1) - 6*a(n-3) + 3*a(n-4) + 3*a(n-5) - 2*a(n-6).
Empirical g.f.: 2*x*(1 + x - 8*x^2 + 6*x^3 + 6*x^4 - 2*x^5) / ((1 - x)^3*(1 + x)^2*(1 - 2*x)). - Colin Barker, Nov 12 2018
EXAMPLE
Some solutions for n=6:
..1....0....0....0....1....0....0....1....1....0....1....0....0....1....1....0
..1....0....0....1....1....0....1....1....0....0....0....1....1....0....0....0
..0....0....0....0....1....1....0....0....1....0....0....0....0....1....1....1
..0....0....1....0....0....1....1....1....0....1....1....1....0....1....1....1
..1....1....1....0....0....1....0....0....1....1....0....1....1....0....0....1
..0....0....1....0....1....1....0....0....0....1....0....1....1....0....0....0
..0....1....0....1....1....1....1....1....1....1....0....1....0....1....0....1
..0....1....0....0....1....1....0....1....0....1....1....0....1....0....1....1
CROSSREFS
Column 1 of A250320.
Sequence in context: A364294 A375853 A146749 * A180825 A230708 A230739
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
R. H. Hardin, Nov 18 2014
STATUS
approved