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A286920
Triangle read by rows: T(n,m) is the number of pattern classes in the (n,m)-rectangular grid with 9 colors and n>=m, two patterns are in the same class if one of them can be obtained by a reflection or 180-degree rotation of the other.
2
1, 1, 9, 1, 45, 1701, 1, 405, 134865, 97135605, 1, 3321, 10766601, 70618411521, 463255079498001, 1, 29889, 871858485, 51473762336565, 3039416437115008521, 179474497026544179696969, 1, 266085, 70607782701, 37523729625344145, 19941610769429949618201, 10597789568841677482963905405, 5632099886234793715531013441442501
OFFSET
0,3
COMMENTS
Computed using Burnsides orbit-counting lemma.
LINKS
M. Merino and I. Unanue, Counting squared grid patterns with Pólya Theory, EKAIA, 34 (2018), 289-316 (in Basque).
FORMULA
For even n and m: T(n,m) = (9^(m*n) + 3*9^(m*n/2))/4;
for even n and odd m: T(n,m) = (9^(m*n) + 9^((m*n+n)/2) + 2*9^(m*n/2))/4;
for odd n and even m: T(n,m) = (9^(m*n) + 9^((m*n+m)/2) + 2*9^(m*n/2))/4;
for odd n and m: T(n,m) = (9^(m*n) + 9^((m*n+n)/2) + 9^((m*n+m)/2) + 9^((m*n+1)/2))/4.
EXAMPLE
Triangle begins:
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n\m | 0 1 2 3 4
----|-----------------------------------------------------
0 | 1
1 | 1 9
2 | 1 45 1701
3 | 1 405 134865 97135605
4 | 1 3321 10766601 70618411521 463255079498001
...
KEYWORD
nonn,tabl
AUTHOR
María Merino, Imanol Unanue, Yosu Yurramendi, May 16 2017
STATUS
approved