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Number of n X 1 0..2 arrays with no element equal to more than one of its horizontal and vertical neighbors, with the exception of exactly one element, and with new values introduced in order 0 sequentially upwards.
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%I #9 Feb 19 2018 11:01:52

%S 0,0,1,2,8,28,94,304,960,2976,9096,27488,82304,244544,721888,2119168,

%T 6191104,18011136,52203648,150809088,434382848,1247857664,3576143360,

%U 10226274304,29184704512,83138240512,236438194176,671370043392

%N Number of n X 1 0..2 arrays with no element equal to more than one of its horizontal and vertical neighbors, with the exception of exactly one element, and with new values introduced in order 0 sequentially upwards.

%C Column 1 of A280284.

%H R. H. Hardin, <a href="/A280279/b280279.txt">Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..210</a>

%F Empirical: a(n) = 4*a(n-1) - 8*a(n-3) - 4*a(n-4) for n>7.

%F Empirical g.f.: x^3*(1 - 2*x + 4*x^3 + 2*x^4) / (1 - 2*x - 2*x^2)^2. - _Colin Barker_, Feb 19 2018

%e All solutions for n=4:

%e ..0. .0

%e ..1. .0

%e ..1. .0

%e ..1. .1

%Y Cf. A280284.

%K nonn

%O 1,4

%A _R. H. Hardin_, Dec 30 2016