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A296014
Number of n X 3 0..1 arrays with each 1 adjacent to 1 or 4 king-move neighboring 1s.
1
3, 13, 30, 91, 280, 785, 2319, 6816, 19796, 57991, 169568, 495194, 1447954, 4232103, 12368507, 36153433, 105669553, 308852290, 902733635, 2638539016, 7712024753, 22541039139, 65883825698, 192567918338, 562845326527, 1645106908766
OFFSET
1,1
COMMENTS
Column 3 of A296019.
FORMULA
Empirical: a(n) = a(n-1) + 3*a(n-2) + 11*a(n-3) - 3*a(n-4) - 11*a(n-5) - 27*a(n-6) + a(n-7) + 6*a(n-8) + 7*a(n-9) + a(n-10).
Empirical formula confirmed by Robert Israel, Dec 03 2017 (see link).
EXAMPLE
Some solutions for n=5:
0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0
0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
CROSSREFS
Cf. A296019.
Sequence in context: A330451 A022264 A288541 * A273337 A273769 A097955
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
R. H. Hardin, Dec 02 2017
STATUS
approved