A069396 Half the number of 3 X n binary arrays with a path of adjacent 1's and a path of adjacent 0's from top row to bottom row.

1, 25, 377, 4541, 48329, 476389, 4461489, 40306317, 354713977, 3060942133, 26020259201, 218626028573, 1820140085705, 15043088032837, 123602247055953, 1010793162739629, 8234370308667673, 66870924588036181

Offset: 2

Author

R. H. Hardin, Mar 22 2002

Keywords

• nonn

Links

• G. C. Greubel, Table of n, a(n) for n = 2..1000

Crossrefs

Cf. 1 X n A000225, 2 X n A016269, vertical path of 1 A069361-A069395, vertical paths of 0+1 A069396-A069416, vertical path of 1 not 0 A069417-A069428, no vertical paths A069429-A069447, no horizontal or vertical paths A069448-A069452.

Programs

Magma

m:=25; R:=PowerSeriesRing(Integers(), m); Coefficients(R!(x^2*(2*x+1)^2/(1-8*x)/(2*x^2-7*x+1)/(4*x^2-6*x+1))); // G. C. Greubel, Apr 22 2018

Mathematica

Drop[CoefficientList[Series[x^2*(2*x+1)^2/(1-8*x)/(2*x^2-7*x + 1)/(4*x^2 - 6*x + 1), {x, 0, 50}], x], 2] (* G. C. Greubel, Apr 22 2018 *)

PARI

x='x+O('x^30); Vec(x^2*(2*x+1)^2/(1-8*x)/(2*x^2-7*x+1)/(4*x^2 -6*x+1)) \\ G. C. Greubel, Apr 22 2018

Formula

G.f.: x^2*(2*x+1)^2/(1-8*x)/(2*x^2-7*x+1)/(4*x^2-6*x+1). - Vladeta Jovovic, Jul 02 2003

2*a(n) = 8^n+A084326(n+1) -2*A186446(n). - R. J. Mathar, May 09 2023