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A376496
The number of free kissing polyominoes with n cells.
1
0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 5, 35, 179, 909, 4287, 19723, 88240, 388260, 1683998, 7227374, 30750236
OFFSET
1,8
COMMENTS
A polyomino is 'kissing' if there exist two cells that touch only at a corner such that no cell exists touching both edgewise simultaneously.
The sequence differs from A359520 (Number of free holey polyominoes of n cells with simply-connected interiors) at a(12) because of:
OOOO OOO
O O O O OO
OOOOO OO O
OOO
which are kissing (and hence holey) but do not have simply-connected interiors.
CROSSREFS
Sequence in context: A100739 A329762 A359520 * A043014 A165755 A166149
KEYWORD
nonn,more
AUTHOR
John Mason, Sep 25 2024
STATUS
approved