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A364423
Number of order-3 ribbon tilings for a 3 X n strip.
1
1, 2, 6, 12, 26, 61, 134, 297, 669, 1490, 3321, 7426, 16573, 36986, 82594, 184382, 411599, 918931, 2051485, 4579826, 10224441, 22825825, 50957971, 113762629, 253972415, 566987102, 1265785592, 2825836529, 6308612558, 14083828826, 31441815085, 70193107041, 156704451838, 349838982690
OFFSET
1,2
COMMENTS
a(n) is the number of order-3 ribbon tilings of a 3 X n strip. Note that the width of the strip is equal to the order of ribbon tiles.
REFERENCES
Yinsong Chen and Vladislav Kargin, The Number of ribbon tilings for strips, Discrete Applied Mathematics, Volume 340, 15 December 2023, pages 85-103.
LINKS
Yinsong Chen and Vladislav Kargin, The Number of ribbon tilings for strips, arXiv:2307.00767 [math.CO], 2023.
CROSSREFS
Sequence in context: A327477 A350294 A052971 * A289443 A029863 A091919
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Yinsong Chen, Jul 26 2023
STATUS
approved