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A259508
Number of (n+1) X (1+1) 0..1 arrays with each 2 X 2 subblock having clockwise pattern 0000 0001 0101 0111.
1
11, 31, 87, 245, 689, 1939, 5455, 15349, 43185, 121507, 341871, 961893, 2706385, 7614707, 21424783, 60280917, 169606769, 477206723, 1342671919, 3777750469, 10629103249, 29906114067, 84144036943, 236748209589, 666116301873
OFFSET
1,1
LINKS
FORMULA
Empirical: a(n) = 2*a(n-1) + 3*a(n-2) - 2*a(n-3).
Empirical g.f.: x*(11 + 9*x - 8*x^2) / (1 - 2*x - 3*x^2 + 2*x^3). - Colin Barker, Dec 25 2018
EXAMPLE
Some solutions for n=4:
..0..1....0..1....1..0....0..1....0..1....0..0....0..0....1..0....1..0....1..0
..1..0....1..1....0..0....0..0....0..0....0..0....1..0....1..1....0..0....0..0
..0..1....1..0....0..1....0..0....0..0....0..1....0..0....1..0....1..0....0..0
..1..0....0..1....0..0....1..0....1..0....1..0....0..1....1..1....0..1....0..1
..1..1....0..0....0..1....0..1....0..0....0..0....1..1....1..0....0..0....0..0
CROSSREFS
Column 1 of A259515.
Sequence in context: A072672 A072673 A250461 * A126365 A082102 A199112
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
R. H. Hardin, Jun 29 2015
STATUS
approved