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A301902
Number of n X 3 0..1 arrays with every element equal to 0, 2 or 3 horizontally or antidiagonally adjacent elements, with upper left element zero.
1
1, 2, 3, 7, 16, 43, 117, 330, 935, 2667, 7616, 21775, 62273, 178130, 509563, 1457727, 4170224, 11930147, 34129757, 97638522, 279324735, 799093699, 2286051744, 6539949991, 18709526921, 53524323778, 153122698291, 438054310967
OFFSET
1,2
LINKS
FORMULA
Empirical: a(n) = 3*a(n-1) +a(n-2) -4*a(n-3).
EXAMPLE
Some solutions for n=5
..0..1..1. .0..1..0. .0..1..1. .0..1..1. .0..1..1. .0..1..1. .0..1..0
..1..1..0. .0..1..1. .1..1..0. .1..1..1. .1..1..0. .1..1..1. .0..1..0
..1..1..1. .1..1..1. .1..1..0. .0..1..1. .0..1..0. .0..1..1. .0..1..0
..0..1..1. .0..1..1. .1..1..1. .0..1..1. .0..1..1. .1..1..0. .0..1..0
..1..1..0. .1..1..0. .1..1..0. .1..1..0. .1..1..0. .0..1..0. .0..1..0
CROSSREFS
Column 3 of A301906.
Sequence in context: A162092 A143884 A227546 * A332885 A122031 A246829
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
R. H. Hardin, Mar 28 2018
STATUS
approved