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A300203
Number of n X 3 0..1 arrays with every element equal to 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 or 8 king-move adjacent elements, with upper left element zero.
1
4, 32, 248, 1933, 15070, 117494, 916061, 7142233, 55685704, 434163629, 3385035032, 26392036123, 205770269515, 1604325017633, 12508409345459, 97524069396190, 760363995846334, 5928315027859268, 46221177306565661, 360371745017815198
OFFSET
1,1
COMMENTS
Column 3 of A300208.
FORMULA
Empirical: a(n) = 8*a(n-1) - 2*a(n-2) + 5*a(n-3) - 13*a(n-4) - 6*a(n-5).
Empirical g.f.: -x*(-6*x^4-7*x^3+4)/(-6*x^5-13*x^4+5*x^3-2*x^2+8*x-1). - Simon Plouffe, Jun 20 2018
EXAMPLE
Some solutions for n=5;
0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1
CROSSREFS
Cf. A300208.
Sequence in context: A316803 A299649 A317520 * A273053 A303422 A301402
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
R. H. Hardin, Feb 28 2018
STATUS
approved