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A252971
Number of nX3 nonnegative integer arrays with upper left 0 and lower right n+3-5 and value increasing by 0 or 1 with every step right or down.
1
0, 1, 18, 153, 770, 2859, 8694, 22924, 54272, 118057, 239798, 460207, 841930, 1478451, 2505634, 4116442, 6579440, 10261761, 15657290, 23420901, 34409666, 49732043, 70806142, 99428264, 137853008, 188886345, 255993166, 343420923
OFFSET
1,3
COMMENTS
Column 3 of A252976.
LINKS
FORMULA
Empirical: a(n) = (1/90720)*n^9 + (1/2520)*n^8 + (19/3780)*n^7 + (7/360)*n^6 - (59/4320)*n^5 - (19/180)*n^4 + (5827/45360)*n^3 - (32/35)*n^2 + (3629/1260)*n - 2.
Empirical: G.f.: x^2*(1+8*x+18*x^2-70*x^3+94*x^4-78*x^5+43*x^6-14*x^7+2*x^8) / (x-1)^10. - R. J. Mathar, Nov 23 2015
EXAMPLE
Some solutions for n=4
..0..1..1....0..0..1....0..1..1....0..1..1....0..0..1....0..0..0....0..0..1
..0..1..2....0..0..1....1..1..2....0..1..2....0..1..2....0..1..1....0..0..1
..1..1..2....0..1..2....1..1..2....1..2..2....1..1..2....1..1..1....1..1..1
..2..2..2....1..2..2....1..1..2....1..2..2....1..2..2....1..1..2....2..2..2
CROSSREFS
Sequence in context: A294486 A228994 A235397 * A047643 A010934 A022613
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
R. H. Hardin, Dec 25 2014
STATUS
approved