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Number of (n+1) X (2+1) 0..1 arrays with every 2 X 2 subblock antidiagonal maximum minus diagonal minimum nondecreasing horizontally and diagonal maximum minus antidiagonal minimum nondecreasing vertically.
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%I #7 Dec 11 2018 08:42:03

%S 44,102,143,197,250,320,391,477,564,666,769,887,1006,1140,1275,1425,

%T 1576,1742,1909,2091,2274,2472,2671,2885,3100,3330,3561,3807,4054,

%U 4316,4579,4857,5136,5430,5725,6035,6346,6672,6999,7341,7684,8042,8401,8775,9150

%N Number of (n+1) X (2+1) 0..1 arrays with every 2 X 2 subblock antidiagonal maximum minus diagonal minimum nondecreasing horizontally and diagonal maximum minus antidiagonal minimum nondecreasing vertically.

%H R. H. Hardin, <a href="/A253391/b253391.txt">Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..210</a>

%F Empirical: a(n) = 2*a(n-1) - 2*a(n-3) + a(n-4) for n>8.

%F Empirical for n mod 2 = 0: a(n) = 4*n^2 + (45/2)*n + 41 for n>4.

%F Empirical for n mod 2 = 1: a(n) = 4*n^2 + (45/2)*n + (75/2) for n>4.

%F Empirical g.f.: x*(44 + 14*x - 61*x^2 - x^3 + 16*x^4 + 4*x^5 + 2*x^6 - 2*x^7) / ((1 - x)^3*(1 + x)). - _Colin Barker_, Dec 11 2018

%e Some solutions for n=4:

%e ..1..1..1....1..1..1....0..1..1....1..1..1....1..1..1....0..1..0....1..0..1

%e ..1..1..1....1..1..0....0..0..0....1..1..0....0..1..0....1..1..0....0..0..0

%e ..1..1..0....1..1..1....0..0..1....0..1..0....0..1..0....1..1..0....0..1..0

%e ..0..1..0....0..0..0....0..0..1....0..1..0....0..1..0....1..1..1....0..1..0

%e ..0..1..0....0..1..1....0..0..1....0..1..0....0..1..0....1..0..0....0..1..0

%Y Column 2 of A253397.

%K nonn

%O 1,1

%A _R. H. Hardin_, Dec 31 2014