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A268996
Number of 2 X n binary arrays with some element plus some horizontally or antidiagonally adjacent neighbor totalling two not more than once.
1
4, 13, 35, 103, 278, 763, 2037, 5421, 14264, 37321, 97015, 250963, 646250, 1657719, 4237481, 10798553, 27442092, 69563653, 175938699, 444060607, 1118668286, 2813233523, 7063416349, 17708464645, 44335423456, 110857865665, 276863340767
OFFSET
1,1
LINKS
FORMULA
Empirical: a(n) = 2*a(n-1) + 5*a(n-2) - 4*a(n-3) - 11*a(n-4) - 6*a(n-5) - a(n-6).
Empirical g.f.: x*(4 + 5*x - 11*x^2 - 16*x^3 - 7*x^4 - x^5) / ((1 + x)^2*(1 - 2*x - x^2)^2). - Colin Barker, Jan 18 2019
EXAMPLE
Some solutions for n=4:
..1..0..0..0. .1..0..0..0. .1..1..0..0. .1..0..0..0. .1..0..1..0
..0..0..1..1. .1..0..0..1. .0..0..0..1. .1..0..1..1. .0..0..0..1
CROSSREFS
Row 2 of A268995.
Sequence in context: A317781 A271358 A306349 * A270988 A272556 A173723
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
R. H. Hardin, Feb 17 2016
STATUS
approved