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A325409
Number of (2n+1) X (2n+1) black-and-white mirror-symmetric grids that are legal for crossword puzzles and have no all-black edges.
3
1, 2, 20, 269, 8116, 519400, 67566361, 17518353991, 9334778743018, 10240638005472594, 23244895727823155064
OFFSET
1,2
COMMENTS
Rules: Every white square must be "checked" (in both a horizontal and vertical word), words must be at least 3 letters long, the whole grid must be symmetric under both left-right and top-bottom mirror symmetry, and the set of white squares must be connected.
CROSSREFS
There are many other OEIS sequences related to crossword puzzles: search for "crossword puzzle" (without the quotes).
Sequence in context: A207151 A272568 A229727 * A155671 A303616 A231499
KEYWORD
nonn,more
AUTHOR
Michael Kleber, Apr 23 2019
EXTENSIONS
a(11) added by Akshay Ravikumar, Jun 20 2019
STATUS
approved