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Number of 2 X n 0..1 arrays with no 1 equal to more than three of its horizontal, diagonal and antidiagonal neighbors.
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%I #8 Feb 22 2019 05:49:43

%S 4,16,61,233,896,3444,13225,50789,195076,749256,2877717,11052673,

%T 42450984,163045180,626221537,2405182717,9237791852,35480380112,

%U 136272540429,523393640665,2010242874320,7720912327300,29654370583449

%N Number of 2 X n 0..1 arrays with no 1 equal to more than three of its horizontal, diagonal and antidiagonal neighbors.

%H R. H. Hardin, <a href="/A283858/b283858.txt">Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..210</a>

%F Empirical: a(n) = 3*a(n-1) + a(n-2) + 7*a(n-3) + 6*a(n-4).

%F Empirical g.f.: x*(4 + 4*x + 9*x^2 + 6*x^3) / (1 - 3*x - x^2 - 7*x^3 - 6*x^4). - _Colin Barker_, Feb 22 2019

%e Some solutions for n=4:

%e ..0..0..1..0. .1..0..0..0. .0..0..0..1. .0..1..1..0. .1..1..1..0

%e ..1..0..0..1. .1..1..1..1. .1..0..0..1. .0..1..0..1. .1..1..0..1

%Y Row 2 of A283857.

%K nonn

%O 1,1

%A _R. H. Hardin_, Mar 17 2017