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A269030
Number of n X 3 0..2 arrays with some element plus some horizontally, diagonally or antidiagonally adjacent neighbor totalling two exactly once.
1
12, 48, 348, 2136, 12228, 67104, 357756, 1867560, 9593844, 48665904, 244357740, 1216672824, 6015296484, 29561944128, 144531868764, 703461546312, 3410368965588, 16475694411600, 79347347565132, 381071870841432
OFFSET
1,1
LINKS
FORMULA
Empirical: a(n) = 10*a(n-1) - 29*a(n-2) + 20*a(n-3) - 4*a(n-4) for n>5.
Empirical g.f.: 12*x*(1 - 6*x + 18*x^2 - 16*x^3 + 4*x^4) / (1 - 5*x + 2*x^2)^2. - Colin Barker, Jan 18 2019
EXAMPLE
Some solutions for n=4:
..1..2..2. .2..2..2. .1..0..2. .0..0..0. .2..2..1. .0..1..0. .2..1..0
..2..2..2. .2..1..2. .1..2..1. .0..0..0. .1..2..2. .1..0..0. .0..1..2
..2..1..0. .2..2..2. .2..2..1. .0..1..0. .2..2..1. .0..0..0. .0..1..0
..2..1..0. .2..1..0. .2..2..1. .2..0..0. .2..1..2. .0..0..0. .0..0..2
CROSSREFS
Column 3 of A269035.
Sequence in context: A052601 A003498 A326743 * A222359 A002899 A222966
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
R. H. Hardin, Feb 18 2016
STATUS
approved