A006189 -id:A006189 - cp's OEIS frontend

A006190 a(n) = 3*a(n-1) + a(n-2), with a(0)=0, a(1)=1.

0, 1, 3, 10, 33, 109, 360, 1189, 3927, 12970, 42837, 141481, 467280, 1543321, 5097243, 16835050, 55602393, 183642229, 606529080, 2003229469, 6616217487, 21851881930, 72171863277, 238367471761, 787274278560, 2600190307441, 8587845200883, 28363725910090

Offset: 0

N. J. A. Sloane

Denominators of continued fraction convergents to (3+sqrt(13))/2. - Benoit Cloitre, Jun 14 2003
a(n) and A006497(n) occur in pairs: (a,b): (1,3), (3,11), (10,36), (33,119), (109,393), ... such that b^2 - 13a^2 = 4(-1)^n. - Gary W. Adamson, Jun 15 2003
Form the 4-node graph with matrix A = [1,1,1,1; 1,1,1,0; 1,1,0,1; 1,0,1,1]. Then this sequence counts the walks of length n from the vertex with degree 5 to one (any) of the other vertices. - Paul Barry, Oct 02 2004
a(n+1) is the binomial transform of A006138. - Paul Barry, May 21 2006
a(n+1) is the diagonal sum of the exponential Riordan array (exp(3x),x). - Paul Barry, Jun 03 2006
Number of paths in the right half-plane from (0,0) to the line x=n-1, consisting of steps U=(1,1), D=(1,-1), h=(1,0) and H=(2,0). Example: a(3)=10 because we have hh, H, UD, DU, hU, Uh, UU, hD, Dh and DD. - Emeric Deutsch, Sep 03 2007
Equals INVERT transform of A000129. Example: a(5) = 109 = (29, 12, 5, 2, 1) dot (1, 1, 3, 10, 33) = (29 + 12 + 15 + 20 + 33). - Gary W. Adamson, Aug 06 2010
For n >= 2, a(n) equals the permanent of the (n-1) X (n-1) tridiagonal matrix with 3's along the main diagonal, 1's along the superdiagonal and subdiagonal, and 0's everywhere else. - John M. Campbell, Jul 08 2011
These numbers could also be called "bronze Fibonacci numbers". Indeed, for n >= 1, F(n+1) = ceiling(phi*F(n)), if n is even and F(n+1) = floor(phi*F(n)), if n is odd, where phi is the golden ratio; analogously, for Pell numbers (A000129), or "silver Fibonacci numbers", P(n+1) = ceiling(delta*a(n)), if n is even and P(n+1) = floor(delta*a(n)), if n is odd, where delta = delta_S = 1 + sqrt(2) is the silver ratio. Here, for n >= 1, we have a(n+1) = ceiling(c*a(n)), if n is even and a(n+1) = floor(c*a(n)), if n is odd, where c = (3 + sqrt(13))/2 is the bronze ratio (cf. comment in A098316). - Vladimir Shevelev, Feb 23 2013
Let p(n,x) denote the Fibonacci polynomial, defined by p(1,x) = 1, p(2,x) = x, p(n,x) = x*p(n-1,x) + p(n-2,x). Let q(n,x) be the numerator polynomial of the rational function p(n, x + 1 + 1/x). Then q(n,1) = a(n). - Clark Kimberling, Nov 04 2013
The (1,1)-entry of the matrix A^n where A = [0,1,0; 1,2,1; 1,1,2]. - David Neil McGrath, Jul 18 2014
a(n+1) counts closed walks on K2, containing three loops on the other vertex. Equivalently the (1,1)-entry of A^(n+1) where the adjacency matrix of digraph is A = (0,1; 1,3). - David Neil McGrath, Oct 29 2014
For n >= 1, a(n) equals the number of words of length n-1 on alphabet {0,1,2,3} avoiding runs of zeros of odd lengths. - Milan Janjic, Jan 28 2015
With offset 1 is the INVERTi transform of A001076. - Gary W. Adamson, Jul 24 2015
Apart from the initial 0, this is the p-INVERT transform of (1,0,1,0,1,0,...) for p(S) = 1 - 3 S. See A291219. - Clark Kimberling, Sep 02 2017
From Rogério Serôdio, Mar 30 2018: (Start)
This is a divisibility sequence (i.e., if n|m then a(n)|a(m)).
gcd(a(n),a(n+k)) = a(gcd(n, k)) for all positive integers n and k. (End)
Numbers of straight-chain fatty acids involving oxo and/or hydroxy groups, if cis-/trans isomerism and stereoisomerism are neglected. - Stefan Schuster, Apr 04 2018
Number of 3-compositions of n restricted to odd parts (and allowed zeros); see Hopkins & Ouvry reference. - Brian Hopkins, Aug 17 2020
From Michael A. Allen, Jan 25 2023: (Start)
Also called the 3-metallonacci sequence; the g.f. 1/(1-k*x-x^2) gives the k-metallonacci sequence.
a(n+1) is the number of tilings of an n-board (a board with dimensions n X 1) using unit squares and dominoes (with dimensions 2 X 1) if there are 3 kinds of squares available. (End)
a(n) is the number of compositions of n when there are P(k) sorts of parts k, with k,n >= 1, P(k) = A000129(k) is the k-th Pell number (see example below). - Enrique Navarrete, Dec 15 2023

			From _Enrique Navarrete_, Dec 15 2023: (Start)
From the comment on compositions with Pell number of parts, A000129(k), there are A000129(1)=1 type of 1, A000129(2)=2 types of 2, A000129(3)=5 types of 3, A000129(4)=12 types of 4, A000129(5)=29 types of 5 and A000129(6)=70 types of 6.
The following table gives the number of compositions of n=6:
Composition, number of such compositions, number of compositions of this type:
  6,              1,     70;
  5+1,            2,     58;
  4+2,            2,     48;
  3+3,            1,     25;
  4+1+1,          3,     36;
  3+2+1,          6,     60;
  2+2+2,          1,      8;
  3+1+1+1,        4,     20;
  2+2+1+1,        6,     24;
  2+1+1+1+1,      5,     10;
  1+1+1+1+1+1,    1,      1;
for a total of a(6)=360 compositions of n=6. (End).

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A. Brousseau, Fibonacci and Related Number Theoretic Tables. Fibonacci Association, San Jose, CA, 1972, p. 128.
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L.-N. Machaut, Query 3436, L'Intermédiaire des Mathématiciens, 16 (1909), 62-63. - N. J. A. Sloane, Mar 08 2022

G. C. Greubel, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..1000 (terms 0..200 from T. D. Noe)
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Michael A. Allen and Kenneth Edwards, Fence tiling derived identities involving the metallonacci numbers squared or cubed, Fib. Q. 60:5 (2022) 5-17.
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Daniel Birmajer, Juan B. Gil, and Michael D. Weiner, On the Enumeration of Restricted Words over a Finite Alphabet, J. Int. Seq. 19 (2016) # 16.1.3, Example 8.
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Colin Defant, Meeting Covered Elements in nu-Tamari Lattices, arXiv:2104.03890 [math.CO], 2021.
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Tanya Khovanova, Recursive Sequences
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Pablo Lam-Estrada, Myriam Rosalía Maldonado-Ramírez, José Luis López-Bonilla, and Fausto Jarquín-Zárate, The sequences of Fibonacci and Lucas for each real quadratic fields Q(Sqrt(d)), arXiv:1904.13002 [math.NT], 2019.
Prabha Sivaraman Nair and Rejikumar Karunakaran, On k-Fibonacci Brousseau Sums, J. Int. Seq. (2024) Art. No. 24.6.4. See p. 2.
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Index entries for sequences related to Chebyshev polynomials.
Index entries for linear recurrences with constant coefficients, signature (3,1).

Row sums of Pascal's rhombus (A059317). Also row sums of triangle A054456(n, m).
Sequences with g.f. 1/(1-k*x-x^2) or x/(1-k*x-x^2): A000045 (k=1), A000129 (k=2), this sequence (k=3), A001076 (k=4), A052918 (k=5), A005668 (k=6), A054413 (k=7), A041025 (k=8), A099371 (k=9), A041041 (k=10), A049666 (k=11), A041061 (k=12), A140455 (k=13), A041085 (k=14), A154597 (k=15), A041113 (k=16), A178765 (k=17), A041145 (k=18), A243399 (k=19), A041181 (k=20).
Cf. A006497, A052906, A175182 (Pisano periods), A201001 (prime subsequence), A092936 (squares).
Cf. A243399.

a:=[0,1];; for n in [3..30] do a[n]:=3*a[n-1]+a[n-2]; od; a; # Muniru A Asiru, Mar 31 2018

a006190 n = a006190_list !! n
a006190_list = 0 : 1 : zipWith (+) (map (* 3) $ tail a006190_list) a006190_list
-- Reinhard Zumkeller, Feb 19 2011

[ n eq 1 select 0 else n eq 2 select 1 else 3*Self(n-1)+Self(n-2): n in [1..30] ]; // Vincenzo Librandi, Aug 19 2011

a[0]:=0: a[1]:=1: for n from 2 to 35 do a[n]:= 3*a[n-1]+a[n-2] end do: seq(a[n],n=0..30); # Emeric Deutsch, Sep 03 2007
A006190:=-1/(-1+3*z+z**2); # Simon Plouffe in his 1992 dissertation, without the leading 0
seq(combinat[fibonacci](n,3),n=0..30); # R. J. Mathar, Dec 07 2011

a[n_] := (MatrixPower[{{1, 3}, {1, 2}}, n].{{1}, {1}})[[2, 1]]; Table[ a[n], {n, -1, 24}] (* Robert G. Wilson v, Jan 13 2005 *)
LinearRecurrence[{3,1},{0,1},30] (* or *) CoefficientList[Series[x/ (1-3x-x^2), {x,0,30}], x] (* Harvey P. Dale, Apr 20 2011 *)
Table[If[n==0, a1=1; a0=0, a2=a1; a1=a0; a0=3*a1+a2], {n, 0, 30}] (* Jean-François Alcover, Apr 30 2013 *)
Table[Fibonacci[n, 3], {n, 0, 30}] (* Vladimir Reshetnikov, May 08 2016 *)

a(n)=if(n<1,0,contfracpnqn(vector(n,i,2+(i>1)))[2,1])

a(n)=([1,3;1,2]^n)[2,1] \\ Charles R Greathouse IV, Mar 06 2014

concat([0],Vec(x/(1-3*x-x^2)+O(x^30))) \\ Joerg Arndt, Apr 30 2013

[lucas_number1(n,3,-1) for n in range(0, 30)] # Zerinvary Lajos, Apr 22 2009

G.f.: x/(1 - 3*x - x^2).
From Benoit Cloitre, Jun 14 2003: (Start)
a(3*n) = 2*A041019(5*n-1), a(3*n+1) = A041019(5*n), a(3*n+2) = A041019(5*n+3).
a(2*n) = 3*A004190(n-1); a(3*n) = 10*A041613(n-1) for n >= 1. (End)
From Gary W. Adamson, Jun 15 2003: (Start)
a(n-1) + a(n+1) = A006497(n).
A006497(n)^2 - 13*a(n)^2 = 4(-1)^n. (End)
a(n) = U(n-1, (3/2)i)(-i)^(n-1), i^2 = -1. - Paul Barry, Nov 19 2003
a(n) = Sum_{k=0..n-1} binomial(n-k-1,k)*3^(n-2*k-1). - Paul Barry, Oct 02 2004
a(n) = F(n, 3), the n-th Fibonacci polynomial evaluated at x=3.
Let M = {{0, 1}, {1, 3}}, v[1] = {0, 1}, v[n] = M.v[n - 1]; then a(n) = Abs[v[n][[1]]]. - Roger L. Bagula, May 29 2005 [Or a(n) = [M^(n+1)]{1,1}. - _L. Edson Jeffery, Aug 27 2013]
From Paul Barry, May 21 2006: (Start)
a(n+1) = Sum_{k=0..n} Sum_{j=0..n-k} C(k,j)*C(n-j,k)*2^(k-j).
a(n) = Sum_{k=0..n} Sum_{j=0..n-k} C(k,j)*C(n-j,k)*2^(n-j-k).
a(n+1) = Sum_{k=0..floor(n/2)} C(n-k,k)*3^(n-2*k).
a(n) = Sum_{k=0..n} C(k,n-k)*3^(2*k-n). (End)
E.g.f.: exp(3*x/2)*sinh(sqrt(13)*x/2)/(sqrt(13)/2). - Paul Barry, Jun 03 2006
a(n) = (ap^n - am^n)/(ap - am), with ap = (3 + sqrt(13))/2, am = (3 - sqrt(13))/2.
Let C = (3 + sqrt(13))/2 = exp arcsinh(3/2) = 3.3027756377... Then C^n, n > 0 = a(n)*(1/C) + a(n+1). Let X = the 2 X 2 matrix [0, 1; 1, 3]. Then X^n = [a(n-1), a(n); a(n), a(n+1)]. - Gary W. Adamson, Dec 21 2007
1/3 = 3/(1*10) + 3/(3*33) + 3/(10*109) + 3/(33*360) + 3/(109*1189) + ... . - Gary W. Adamson, Mar 16 2008
a(n) = ((3 + sqrt(13))^n - (3 - sqrt(13))^n)/(2^n*sqrt(13)). - Al Hakanson (hawkuu(AT)gmail.com), Jan 12 2009
a(p) == 13^((p-1)/2) mod p, for odd primes p. - Gary W. Adamson, Feb 22 2009
From Johannes W. Meijer, Jun 12 2010: (Start)
Limit_{k->oo} a(n+k)/a(k) = (A006497(n) + a(n)*sqrt(13))/2.
Limit_{n->oo} A006497(n)/a(n) = sqrt(13). (End)
Sum_{k>=1} (-1)^(k-1)/(a(k)*a(k+1)) = (sqrt(13)-3)/2. - Vladimir Shevelev, Feb 23 2013
From Vladimir Shevelev, Feb 24 2013: (Start)
(1) Expression a(n+1) via a(n): a(n+1) = (3*a(n) + sqrt(13*a(n)^2 + 4*(-1)^n))/2;
(2) a^2(n+1) - a(n)*a(n+2) = (-1)^n;
(3) Sum_{k=1..n} (-1)^(k-1)/(a(k)*a(k+1)) = a(n)/a(n+1);
(4) a(n)/a(n+1) = (sqrt(13)-3)/2 + r(n), where |r(n)| < 1/(a(n+1)*a(n+2)). (End)
a(n) = sqrt(13*(A006497(n))^2 + (-1)^(n-1)*52)/13. - Vladimir Shevelev, Mar 13 2013
Sum_{n >= 1} 1/( a(2*n) + 1/a(2*n) ) = 1/3; Sum_{n >= 1} 1/( a(2*n + 1) - 1/a(2*n + 1) ) = 1/9. - Peter Bala, Mar 26 2015
From Rogério Serôdio, Mar 30 2018: (Start)
Some properties:
(1) a(n)*a(n+1) = 3*Sum_{k=1..n} a(k)^2;
(2) a(n)^2 + a(n+1)^2 = a(2*n+1);
(3) a(n)^2 - a(n-2)^2 = 3*a(n-1)*(a(n) + a(n-2));
(4) a(m*(p+1)) = a(m*p)*a(m+1) + a(m*p-1)*a(m);
(5) a(n-k)*a(n+k) = a(n)^2 + (-1)^(n+k+1)*a(k)^2;
(6) a(2*n) = a(n)*(3*a(n) + 2*a(n-1));
(7) 3*Sum_{k=2..n+1} a(k)*a(k-1) is equal to a(n+1)^2 if n odd, and is equal to a(n+1)^2 - 1 if n is even;
(8) a(n) = alpha(k)*a(n-2*k+1) + a(n-4*k+2), where alpha(k) = ap^(2*k-1) + am^(2*k-1), with ap = (3 + sqrt(13))/2, am = (3 - sqrt(13))/2;
(9) 131|Sum_{k=n..n+9} a(k), for all positive n. (End)
From Kai Wang, Feb 10 2020: (Start)
a(n)^2 - a(n+r)*a(n-r) = (-1)^(n-r)*a(r)^2 - Catalan's identity.
arctan(1/a(2n)) - arctan(1/a(2n+2)) = arctan(a(2)/a(2n+1)).
arctan(1/a(2n)) = Sum_{m>=n} arctan(a(2)/a(2m+1)).
The same formula holds for Fibonacci numbers and Pell numbers. (End)
a(n+2) = 3^(n+1) + Sum_{k=0..n} a(k)*3^(n-k). - Greg Dresden and Gavron Campbell, Feb 22 2022
G.f. = 1/(1-Sum_{k>=1} P(k)*x^k), P(k)=A000129(k) (with a(0)=1). - Enrique Navarrete, Dec 17 2023
G.f.: x/(1 - 3*x - x^2) = Sum_{n >= 0} x^(n+1) *( Product_{k = 1..n} (m*k + 3 - m + x)/(1 + m*k*x) ) for arbitrary m (a telescoping series). - Peter Bala, May 08 2024
Sum_{n>=0} a(n)/phi^(3*n) = 1, where phi = A001622 is the golden ratio. - Diego Rattaggi, Apr 07 2025

Second formula corrected by Johannes W. Meijer, Jun 02 2010

A005409 Number of polynomials of height n: a(1)=1, a(2)=1, a(3)=4, a(n) = 2*a(n-1) + a(n-2) + 2 for n >= 4.

Original entry on oeis.org

1, 1, 4, 11, 28, 69, 168, 407, 984, 2377, 5740, 13859, 33460, 80781, 195024, 470831, 1136688, 2744209, 6625108, 15994427, 38613964, 93222357, 225058680, 543339719, 1311738120, 3166815961, 7645370044, 18457556051, 44560482148, 107578520349, 259717522848

Offset: 1

N. J. A. Sloane, S. M. Diano

Starting with n=1, the sum of the antidiagonals of the array in a comment from Cloitre regarding A002002. - Gerald McGarvey, Aug 12 2004
Cumulative sum of A001333. - Sture Sjöstedt, Nov 15 2011
a(n) is the number of self-avoiding walks on a 3 rows X n columns grid of squares, starting top-left, ending bottom-left, using moves of R(ight), L(eft), U(p), D(own). E.g., for 3 X 1 there is just the path (D,D), and a(1) = 1. For 3 X 2, there are 4 paths (D,D) (D,R,D,L) (R,D,D,L) and (R,D,L,D) and a(2) = 4. - Toby Gottfried, Mar 04 2013
Define a triangle to have T(n,1) = n*(n-1)+1 and T(n,n) = n; the other terms T(r,c) = T(r-1,c) + T(r-1,c-1) + T(r-2,c-1). The sum of the terms in row(n+1) minus those in row(n) = a(n+2). - J. M. Bergot, Apr 30 2013
Since the terms of the sequence are all finite, it can be used in enumerating all polynomials with integer coefficients. Since each polynomial has only a finite number of roots, this enumeration can be used in turn to enumerate the algebraic numbers. Cantor uses this to derive the existence of transcendental numbers as a corollary of his stronger result that no enumerable sequence of real numbers can include all of them. - Morgan L. Owens, May 15 2022
For n > 1, also the rank of the (n-1)-Pell graph. - Eric W. Weisstein, Aug 01 2023

R. Courant and H. Robbins, What is Mathematics?, Oxford Univ. Press, 1941, p. 103.
N. J. A. Sloane and Simon Plouffe, The Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1995 (includes this sequence).

T. D. Noe, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..300
Bill Allombert, Nicolas Brisebarre, and Alain Lasjaunias. On a two-valued sequence and related continued fractions in power series fields, The Ramanujan Journal 45.3 (2018): 859-871. See Theorem 3.
M. Bicknell, A Primer on the Pell Sequence and related sequences, Fibonacci Quarterly, Vol. 13, No. 4, 1975, pp. 345-349.
Georg Cantor, Ueber eine Eigenschaft des Inbegriffs aller reellen algebraischen Zahlen. Journal für die reine und angewandte Mathematik 77 (1874), 258-262. English translation by Christopher P. Grant: On a Property of the Class of All Real Algebraic Numbers.
S. M. Diano, Letter to N. J. A. Sloane
A. F. Horadam, Special properties of the sequence W_n(a,b; p,q), Fib. Quart., 5.5 (1967), 424-434.
El-Mehdi Mehiri, Saad Mneimneh, and Hacène Belbachir, The Towers of Fibonacci, Lucas, Pell, and Jacobsthal, arXiv:2502.11045 [math.CO], 2025. See p. 12.
Simon Plouffe, Approximations de séries génératrices et quelques conjectures, Dissertation, Université du Québec à Montréal, 1992; arXiv:0911.4975 [math.NT], 2009.
Simon Plouffe, 1031 Generating Functions, Appendix to Thesis, Montreal, 1992
Gy. Tasi and F. Mizukami, Quantum algebraic-combinatoric study of the conformational properties of n-alkanes, J. Math. Chemistry, 25, 1999, 55-64 (see p. 63).
Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Pell Graph
Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Graph Rank
Index entries for linear recurrences with constant coefficients, signature (3,-1,-1).

Cf. A000129, A001333, A048654, A048655, A048745.
Cf. A214931 (walks on grids with 4 rows), A006189 (grids with 3 columns).
Cf. A216211 (grids with 4 columns).

a005409 n = a005409_list !! (n-1)
a005409_list = 1 : scanl1 (+) (tail a001333_list)
-- Reinhard Zumkeller, Jul 08 2012

[1] cat [n le 2 select n^2 else 2*Self(n-1) +Self(n-2) +2: n in [1..30]]; // G. C. Greubel, Apr 22 2021

Join[{1}, RecurrenceTable[{a[1] == 1, a[2] == 4, a[n] == 2 a[n - 1] + a[n - 2] + 2}, a[n], {n, 30}]] (* Harvey P. Dale, Jul 27 2011 *)
Join[{1}, CoefficientList[Series[(x + 1)/((x - 1) (x^2 + 2 x - 1)), {x, 0, 40}], x]] (* Vladimir Joseph Stephan Orlovsky, Jan 21 2012 *)
Join[{1}, Fibonacci[Range[2, 35], 2] -1] (* G. C. Greubel, Apr 22 2021 *)
Join[{1}, LinearRecurrence[{3, -1, -1}, {1, 4, 11}, 20]] (* Eric W. Weisstein, Aug 01 2023 *)

a(n)=polcoeff(1+x*(1+x)/(1-3*x+x^2+x^3)+x*O(x^n),n) \\ Paul D. Hanna

[1]+[lucas_number1(n,2,-1) -1 for n in (2..35)] # G. C. Greubel, Apr 22 2021

a(n) = A000129(n) - 1, n > 1.
a(n) = ((1+sqrt(2))^n - (1-sqrt(2))^n)/(2*sqrt(2))-1 for n > 1, a(1)=1.
G.f.: 1 + x*(1+x)/( (1-x)*(1-2*x-x^2) ). - Simon Plouffe in his 1992 dissertation.
a(n) = 3*a(n-1) - a(n-2) - a(n-3). - Toby Gottfried, Mar 08 2013
(1, 4, 11, 28, ...) = (1, 2, 2, 2, ...) * the Pell sequence starting (1, 2, 5, 12, 29, ...); such that, for example: a(5) = (2, 2, 2, 1) dot (1, 2, 5, 12) = (2 + 4 + 10 + 12) = 48. - Gary W. Adamson May 21 2013
E.g.f.: 1 + exp(x)*(2*(cosh(sqrt(2)*x) - 1) + sqrt(2)*sinh(sqrt(2)*x))/2. - Stefano Spezia, Jun 26 2022

Additional comments from Barry E. Williams

A271465 Array read by antidiagonals: T(n,m) = number of self-avoiding walks of any length from NW to SW corners on a grid with n rows and m columns.

Original entry on oeis.org

1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 3, 4, 1, 1, 4, 11, 8, 1, 1, 5, 28, 38, 16, 1, 1, 6, 69, 178, 126, 32, 1, 1, 7, 168, 844, 1008, 415, 64, 1, 1, 8, 407, 4012, 8590, 5493, 1369, 128, 1, 1, 9, 984, 19072, 74148, 81445, 29879, 4521, 256, 1

Offset: 1

Andrew Howroyd, Apr 08 2016

			The start of the sequence as table:
*  1   1    1     1        1         1         1 ...
*  1   2    3     4        5         6         7 ...
*  1   4   11    28       69       168       407 ...
*  1   8   38   178      844      4012     19072 ...
*  1  16  126  1008     8590     74148    638472 ...
*  1  32  415  5493    81445   1246850  19011465 ...
*  1  64 1369  29879  761047  20477490 550254085 ...
*  ...

Andrew Howroyd, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..378

Main diagonal is A271507. Rows include A005409, A214931. Columns include A006189, A216211. Cf. A064298 (paths from NW to SE).

T(1,n)=1, T(2,n)=n, T(n,1)=1, T(n,2)=2^(n-1).

A006192 Number of nonintersecting (or self-avoiding) rook paths joining opposite corners of 3 X n board.

Original entry on oeis.org

1, 4, 12, 38, 125, 414, 1369, 4522, 14934, 49322, 162899, 538020, 1776961, 5868904, 19383672, 64019918, 211443425, 698350194, 2306494009, 7617832222, 25159990674, 83097804242, 274453403399, 906458014440

Offset: 1

N. J. A. Sloane

H. L. Abbott and D. Hanson, A lattice path problem, Ars Combin., 6 (1978), 163-178.
S. R. Finch, Mathematical Constants, Cambridge, 2003, pp. 331-339.
Netnews group rec.puzzles, Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) file. (Science Section).
N. J. A. Sloane and Simon Plouffe, The Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1995 (includes this sequence).

Vincenzo Librandi, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..150
H. L. Abbott and D. Hanson, A lattice path problem, Ars Combin., 6 (1978), 163-178. (Annotated scanned copy)
F. Faase, Counting Hamiltonian cycles in product graphs
F. Faase, Results from the counting program
Steven R. Finch, Self-Avoiding Walks of a Rook on a Chessboard [From Steven Finch, Apr 20 2019]
Steven R. Finch, Self-Avoiding Walks of a Rook [From Steven Finch, Apr 20 2019; mentioned in Finch's "Gammel" link above]
Steven R. Finch, Table of Non-Overlapping Rook Paths [From Steven Finch, Apr 20 2019; mentioned in Finch's "Gammel" link above]
D. G. Radcliffe, N. J. A. Sloane, C. Cole, J. Gillogly, & D. Dodson, Emails, 1994
Index entries for linear recurrences with constant coefficients, signature (4,-3,2,1).

Cf. A064297, A064298, A007786, A007787, A007764.

I:=[1,4,12,38]; [n le 4 select I[n] else 4*Self(n-1)-3*Self(n-2)+2*Self(n-3)+Self(n-4): n in [1..30]]; // Vincenzo Librandi, Oct 06 2011

LinearRecurrence[{4,-3,2,1},{1,4,12,38},40] (* Harvey P. Dale, Oct 05 2011 *)

a(n) = 4*a(n-1) - 3*a(n-2) + 2*a(n-3) + a(n-4) with a(0) = 0, a(1) = 1, a(2) = 4 and a(3) = 12. - Henry Bottomley, Sep 05 2001

G.f.: x*(1-x^2)/(1 - 4*x + 3*x^2 - 2*x^3 - x^4). - Emeric Deutsch, Dec 22 2004

A214931 Number of self-avoiding walks of any length from NW to SW corners of a grid or lattice with 4 rows and n columns.

Original entry on oeis.org

1, 8, 38, 178, 844, 4012, 19072, 90658, 430938, 2048450, 9737260, 46285868, 220018976, 1045856010, 4971456754, 23631725866, 112332963420, 533972624844, 2538228811648, 12065422836242, 57352760145834, 272625264866098, 1295919060481740, 6160126839867820

Offset: 1

Toby Gottfried, Mar 09 2013

			For n=2, and moves U(p), D(own), R(ight), L(eft), the a(2)=8 walks are {DDD, DRDDL, DRDLD, DDRDL, RDDDL, RDDLD, RDLDD, RDLDRDL} with only the last touching all 8 squares of the grid.
Illustration of the 8 walks of a(2):
    .__      __      __        .       .        .       .     __
     __|    .  |    .  |    |__     |__      |  .    |  .     __|
    |  .     __|    .  |     __|     . |     |__     |  .    |__
    |  .    |  .     __|    |  .     __|      __|    |  .     __|

Andrew Howroyd, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..100

Row 4 of A271465.
Cf. A181688 (maximal walks with same conditions).
Cf. A005409 (grids with 3 rows), A006189 (grids with 3 columns).
Cf. A216211 (grids with 4 columns).

Empirical recurrence: a(1,...,5) = (1, 8, 38, 178, 844), a(n) = 7*a(n-1) - 12*a(n-2) + 7*a(n-3) - 3*a(n-4) - 2*a(n-5). - Giovanni Resta, Mar 13 2013

Empirical g.f.: x*(1+x-6*x^2+x^3+x^4)/(1-7*x+12*x^2-7*x^3+3*x^4+2*x^5). - Bruno Berselli, Mar 13 2013

Missing a(7) and a(13)-a(14) from Giovanni Resta, Mar 13 2013

a(15)-a(24) from Andrew Howroyd, Apr 08 2016

A216211 Number of self-avoiding walks of any length from NW to SW corners of a grid or lattice with n rows and 4 columns.

Original entry on oeis.org

1, 4, 28, 178, 1008, 5493, 29879, 163357, 895519, 4911542, 26932856, 147666219, 809584243, 4438588016, 24334993398, 133419407518, 731487440774, 4010463570150, 21987820817522, 120550714106036, 660932932241338, 3623639639745022, 19867014703421770, 108923158026586497, 597183548915194615

Offset: 1

Toby Gottfried, Mar 13 2013

As n increases, the ratio of a(n)/a(n-1) appears to converge to around 5.483.

			For n=2, using the notation D(own), R(ight), L(eft), U(p), the 4 walks are {D, RDL, RRDLL, RRRDLLL}.

Andrew Howroyd, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..100

Column 4 of A271465. Cf. A005409 for grids with 3 rows, A006189 for grids with 3 columns, and A214931 for grids with 4 rows.

a[n_] := Block[{t=0,w,b=Array[1&, {n,4}]}, w[rr_,cc_] := Block[{r,c}, If[rr+cc == 2, t++, Do[{r,c} = {rr,cc} + e; If[0 0, b[[r,c]] = 0; w[r, c]; b[[r,c]] = 1], {e, {{-1,0}, {1,0}, {0,1}, {0,-1}}}]]]; b[[n,1]] = 0; w[n,1]; t]; a /@ Range[6] (* Giovanni Resta, Mar 13 2013 *)

Conjectures from Colin Barker, Nov 18 2017: (Start)
G.f.: x*(1 - 8*x + 34*x^2 - 66*x^3 + 21*x^4 + 85*x^5 - 64*x^6 - 45*x^7 + 26*x^8 + 11*x^9 - 3*x^10 - x^11) / ((1 - 8*x + 15*x^2 - 5*x^3 - 9*x^4 + 2*x^5 + x^6)*(1 - 4*x + 7*x^2 - 3*x^3 - 7*x^4 + 2*x^5 + x^6)).
a(n) = 12*a(n-1) - 54*a(n-2) + 124*a(n-3) - 133*a(n-4) - 16*a(n-5) + 175*a(n-6) - 94*a(n-7) - 69*a(n-8) + 40*a(n-9) + 12*a(n-10) - 4*a(n-11) - a(n-12) for n>12.
(End)

a(13)-a(14) from Giovanni Resta, Mar 13 2013

Terms a(15) and beyond from Andrew Howroyd, Apr 08 2016

A006191 Number of paths on square lattice.

Original entry on oeis.org

1, 2, 5, 16, 54, 180, 595, 1964, 6485, 21418, 70740, 233640, 771661, 2548622, 8417525, 27801196, 91821114, 303264540, 1001614735, 3308108744, 10925940965, 36085931638, 119183735880, 393637139280, 1300095153721, 4293922600442

Offset: 1

N. J. A. Sloane

H. L. Abbott and D. Hanson, A lattice path problem, Ars Combin., 6 (1978), 163-178.
N. J. A. Sloane and Simon Plouffe, The Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1995 (includes this sequence).

Michael De Vlieger, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..1928
H. L. Abbott and D. Hanson, A lattice path problem, Ars Combin., 6 (1978), 163-178. (Annotated scanned copy)
Index entries for linear recurrences with constant coefficients, signature (4,-3,2,1).

LinearRecurrence[{4,-3,2,1},{1,2,5,16},30] (* Harvey P. Dale, Mar 22 2018 *)

a(n) = 1 + Sum_{k=1..n-1} A006189(k). - Sean A. Irvine, Jan 20 2017
From Colin Barker, Jan 20 2017: (Start)
a(n) = 4*a(n-1) - 3*a(n-2) + 2*a(n-3) + a(n-4) for n>4.
G.f.: x*(1 - 2*x) / ((1 - x + x^2)*(1 - 3*x - x^2)).
(End)

Offset corrected and more terms from Sean A. Irvine, Jan 20 2017

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A006190 a(n) = 3*a(n-1) + a(n-2), with a(0)=0, a(1)=1.

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