A268769 Number of n X 3 0..2 arrays with some element plus some horizontally, vertically, diagonally or antidiagonally adjacent neighbor totalling two exactly once.

12, 32, 112, 446, 1524, 5214, 17000, 54822, 173244, 541910, 1676448, 5146030, 15683076, 47518926, 143238872, 429867830, 1285009740, 3828046534, 11368576272, 33669165246, 99465517716, 293175780030, 862355454792, 2531766659654

Offset

1,1

Links

R. H. Hardin, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..210

Formula

Empirical: a(n) = 4*a(n-1) + 2*a(n-2) - 16*a(n-3) - a(n-4) + 12*a(n-5) - 4*a(n-6) for n>8.

Empirical g.f.: 2*x*(6 - 8*x - 20*x^2 + 63*x^3 + 20*x^4 - 47*x^5 + 4*x^6 + 4*x^7) / (1 - 2*x - 3*x^2 + 2*x^3)^2. - Colin Barker, Jan 15 2019

Example

Some solutions for n=4:
..1..0..0. .1..0..0. .0..0..0. .1..2..1. .1..1..0. .2..2..2. .1..2..1
..0..0..0. .1..0..0. .1..1..0. .1..2..2. .0..0..0. .1..2..2. .1..2..2
..1..0..1. .0..0..0. .0..0..0. .2..2..1. .0..0..0. .2..2..1. .2..2..2
..0..0..1. .1..0..0. .1..0..0. .1..2..2. .1..0..1. .2..1..2. .1..2..2

Crossrefs

Column 3 of A268774.

Sequence in context: A143238 A102091 A303079 * A045669 A045660 A334307

Adjacent sequences: A268766 A268767 A268768 * A268770 A268771 A268772

Keyword

nonn

Author

R. H. Hardin, Feb 13 2016

Status

approved