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A259243
Number of (n+1) X (1+1) 0..1 arrays with each 2 X 2 subblock having clockwise pattern 0000 0011 or 0111.
1
9, 21, 48, 111, 255, 588, 1353, 3117, 7176, 16527, 38055, 87636, 201801, 464709, 1070112, 2464239, 5674575, 13067292, 30091017, 69292893, 159565944, 367444623, 846142455, 1948476324, 4486903689, 10332332661, 23793043728, 54790041711
OFFSET
1,1
LINKS
FORMULA
Empirical: a(n) = a(n-1) + 3*a(n-2).
Conjectures from Colin Barker, Dec 24 2018: (Start)
G.f.: 3*x*(3 + 4*x) / (1 - x - 3*x^2).
a(n) = (2^(-n)*((1-sqrt(13))^n*(-7+2*sqrt(13)) + (1+sqrt(13))^n*(7+2*sqrt(13)))) / sqrt(13).
(End)
EXAMPLE
Some solutions for n=4:
..1..0....1..1....1..0....0..1....1..0....1..1....1..1....1..0....0..1....0..1
..1..0....1..0....1..1....1..1....1..1....0..1....0..1....1..1....1..1....1..1
..1..1....1..0....0..1....0..1....0..0....1..1....0..1....0..1....1..0....0..0
..0..0....1..1....1..1....1..1....1..1....0..1....1..1....1..1....1..1....1..1
..1..1....0..1....0..0....0..1....0..0....0..1....0..0....1..0....1..0....0..0
CROSSREFS
Column 1 of A259250.
Sequence in context: A246318 A277715 A173391 * A241747 A133762 A160414
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
R. H. Hardin, Jun 22 2015
STATUS
approved