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A296309
Number of n X 4 0..1 arrays with each 1 adjacent to 3 or 6 king-move neighboring 1s.
1
1, 4, 7, 10, 23, 45, 76, 150, 293, 532, 1010, 1942, 3625, 6833, 13005, 24499, 46186, 87489, 165230, 311809, 589569, 1114002, 2103636, 3975125, 7511104, 14188028, 26805754, 50647041, 95680777, 180765515, 341525717, 645225728, 1218995503
OFFSET
1,2
LINKS
FORMULA
Empirical: a(n) = a(n-1) + 4*a(n-3) - a(n-4) - 2*a(n-6).
Empirical g.f.: x*(1 + 3*x + 3*x^2 - x^3 - 2*x^4 - 2*x^5) / (1 - x - 4*x^3 + x^4 + 2*x^6). - Colin Barker, Feb 22 2019
EXAMPLE
Some solutions for n=5:
..0..0..0..0. .1..1..0..0. .1..1..0..0. .0..0..0..0. .0..1..1..0
..0..0..0..0. .1..1..0..0. .1..1..0..0. .0..0..0..0. .0..1..1..0
..0..0..0..0. .0..0..0..0. .0..0..0..0. .0..0..1..1. .1..1..1..1
..0..0..0..0. .0..0..0..0. .0..1..1..0. .0..0..1..1. .0..1..1..0
..0..0..0..0. .0..0..0..0. .0..1..1..0. .0..0..0..0. .0..1..1..0
CROSSREFS
Column 4 of A296313.
Sequence in context: A275176 A024726 A024948 * A376884 A182278 A032818
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
R. H. Hardin, Dec 10 2017
STATUS
approved