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A269882
Number of n X 2 0..5 arrays with some element plus some horizontally, diagonally, antidiagonally or vertically adjacent neighbor totalling five exactly once.
1
6, 432, 11280, 250992, 5125008, 99482544, 1867222224, 34216907760, 615877284624, 10931855797296, 191890772032848, 3337772595455088, 57618604390530960, 988280162421210288, 16858064726292134352, 286196732519053403376
OFFSET
1,1
LINKS
FORMULA
Empirical: a(n) = 30*a(n-1) - 197*a(n-2) - 420*a(n-3) - 196*a(n-4) for n>5.
Empirical g.f.: 6*x*(1 - x)^2*(1 + 44*x + 4*x^2) / (1 - 15*x - 14*x^2)^2. - Colin Barker, Jan 29 2019
EXAMPLE
Some solutions for n=3:
..5..5. .1..1. .0..4. .1..2. .4..3. .3..3. .2..4. .4..2. .0..2. .1..4
..5..3. .3..2. .4..0. .2..1. .4..3. .1..0. .1..5. .4..5. .1..0. .3..3
..1..2. .4..5. .5..4. .3..0. .0..1. .2..3. .1..1. .3..2. .1..5. .3..4
CROSSREFS
Column 2 of A269888.
Sequence in context: A370961 A275686 A173760 * A262013 A028665 A231316
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
R. H. Hardin, Mar 06 2016
STATUS
approved