A258725 - OEIS

%I #8 Jan 26 2018 06:14:42

%S 190,608,2028,6552,20955,68120,220854,711432,2300008,7446144,24054120,

%T 77722752,251353605,812507404,2625900876,8488906820,27442096806,

%U 88701621392,286727659260,926874621576,2996101722471,9684839732128

%N Number of length n+3 0..3 arrays with at most one downstep in every 3 consecutive neighbor pairs.

%C Column 3 of A258730.

%H R. H. Hardin, <a href="/A258725/b258725.txt">Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..210</a>

%F Empirical: a(n) = 4*a(n-1) -6*a(n-2) +20*a(n-3) -34*a(n-4) +24*a(n-5) -16*a(n-6) +8*a(n-7) -a(n-8).

%F Empirical g.f.: x*(190 - 152*x + 736*x^2 - 1712*x^3 + 1215*x^4 - 836*x^5 + 464*x^6 - 60*x^7) / (1 - 4*x + 6*x^2 - 20*x^3 + 34*x^4 - 24*x^5 + 16*x^6 - 8*x^7 + x^8). - _Colin Barker_, Jan 26 2018

%e Some solutions for n=4:

%e ..2....0....2....0....1....0....0....2....3....0....3....1....0....0....1....0

%e ..2....0....2....2....2....1....3....1....3....2....2....2....0....3....0....3

%e ..0....3....0....2....2....0....0....2....1....0....3....2....1....1....1....0

%e ..0....0....1....1....3....2....1....2....1....0....3....3....2....2....3....1

%e ..2....0....1....3....0....3....1....2....2....1....3....2....3....2....3....1

%e ..2....2....0....3....2....0....1....2....3....0....3....2....0....2....3....0

%e ..2....1....2....0....3....0....0....3....2....0....0....2....3....0....0....0

%Y Cf. A258730.

%K nonn

%O 1,1

%A _R. H. Hardin_, Jun 08 2015