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A253497
Number of (3+1) X (n+1) 0..2 arrays with every 2 X 2 subblock diagonal minus antidiagonal sum nondecreasing horizontally, vertically and ne-to-sw antidiagonally.
1
1388, 2640, 4196, 6476, 11937, 25715, 60586, 151946, 399466, 1088906, 3050986, 8724746, 25321066, 74260106, 219377386, 651329546, 1940386666, 5793959306, 17327479786, 51873646346, 155403356266, 465774906506, 1396454398186
OFFSET
1,1
LINKS
FORMULA
Empirical: a(n) = 6*a(n-1) - 11*a(n-2) + 6*a(n-3) for n>9.
Empirical: a(n) = 400*3^(n-3) + 415*2^(n-1) + 1626 for n>6.
Empirical g.f.: x*(1388 - 5688*x + 3624*x^2 + 2012*x^3 + 3397*x^4 + 153*x^5 - 1253*x^6 - 327*x^7 - 54*x^8) / ((1 - x)*(1 - 2*x)*(1 - 3*x)). - Colin Barker, Dec 16 2018
EXAMPLE
Some solutions for n=4:
..0..1..1..2..2....0..2..2..1..1....0..1..1..1..1....0..1..2..2..2
..2..2..1..1..0....1..1..1..0..0....1..1..0..0..0....1..1..1..1..1
..2..2..1..1..0....1..1..1..0..0....2..1..0..0..0....2..2..2..2..2
..0..0..0..1..2....0..0..0..0..1....2..1..0..0..2....1..1..1..1..1
CROSSREFS
Row 3 of A253495.
Sequence in context: A182123 A200971 A259722 * A253490 A253451 A281164
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
R. H. Hardin, Jan 02 2015
STATUS
approved