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Number of ternary strings of length n that contain at least two 0's and at most one 1.
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%I #19 Feb 15 2021 23:04:23

%S 0,0,1,7,27,81,213,519,1207,2725,6033,13179,28515,61257,130861,278287,

%T 589551,1244877,2621097,5504643,11533915,24116785,50331141,104857047,

%U 218103207,452984181,939523393,1946156299,4026531027,8321498265,17179868253,35433479199,73014442975,150323854237

%N Number of ternary strings of length n that contain at least two 0's and at most one 1.

%H <a href="/index/Rec#order_05">Index entries for linear recurrences with constant coefficients</a>, signature (7,-19,25,-16,4).

%F a(n) = 2^n + n*2^(n-1) - 2*binomial(n,2) - 2*n - 1.

%F E.g.f.: exp(x)*(exp(x) - 1 - x)*(1 + x).

%F G.f.: x^2*(1 - 3*x^2)/((1 - 2*x)^2*(1 - x)^3). - _Stefano Spezia_, Jan 31 2021

%e a(4) = 27 since the strings consist of 0000, the 4 permutations of 0001, the 4 permutations of 0002, the 6 permutations of 0022, and the 12 permutations of 0012. The total number of strings is then 1 + 4 + 4 + 6 + 12 = 27.

%t CoefficientList[Series[Exp[x](Exp[x]-1-x)(1+x),{x,0,32}],x]Table[i!,{i,0,32}] (* _Stefano Spezia_, Jan 31 2021 *)

%Y Cf. A186244, A186314.

%Y Cf. A338229, A338232.

%K nonn,easy

%O 0,4

%A _Enrique Navarrete_, Jan 30 2021