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A269196
Number of n X 3 0..3 arrays with some element plus some horizontally, diagonally or antidiagonally adjacent neighbor totalling three no more than once.
1
60, 1284, 25572, 471492, 8314020, 142233732, 2380537188, 39186271044, 636703584804, 10237337586180, 163189207436004, 2582623154662596, 40622651914004388, 635603382950474628, 9899530341266770020
OFFSET
1,1
LINKS
FORMULA
Empirical: a(n) = 30*a(n-1) -237*a(n-2) +180*a(n-3) -36*a(n-4) for n>5.
Empirical g.f.: 12*x*(1 - 6*x)*(5 - 13*x + 28*x^2 - 12*x^3) / (1 - 15*x + 6*x^2)^2. - Colin Barker, Jan 20 2019
EXAMPLE
Some solutions for n=3:
..3..1..1. .2..3..2. .3..1..0. .1..0..1. .2..0..3. .3..3..3. .3..3..3
..3..1..0. .2..2..0. .0..0..1. .1..3..2. .2..3..2. .3..1..1. .3..3..2
..0..2..3. .2..2..2. .0..1..0. .0..0..2. .3..2..2. .1..0..1. .3..2..3
CROSSREFS
Column 3 of A269201.
Sequence in context: A146347 A289156 A288960 * A054331 A160349 A281373
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
R. H. Hardin, Feb 20 2016
STATUS
approved