A112838 Small-number statistic from the enumeration of domino tilings of a 5-pillow of order n.

1, 2, 5, 13, 13, 29, 34, 100, 130, 305, 361, 881, 1145, 2906, 3557, 8669, 10693, 26893, 33680, 83360, 102800, 254565, 317165, 790037, 980237, 2428298, 3011265, 7483801, 9301217, 23092857, 28646722, 71093860

Offset: 0

Author

Christopher Hanusa (chanusa(AT)math.binghamton.edu), Sep 21 2005

Keywords

• easy
• nonn

Comments

A 5-pillow is a generalized Aztec pillow. The 5-pillow of order n is a rotationally-symmetric region. It has a 2 X 2n central band of squares and then steps up from this band with steps of 5 horizontal squares to every 1 vertical square and steps down with steps of 1 horizontal square to every 1 vertical square.

Plotting A112838(n+2)/A112838(n) gives an intriguing damped sine curve.

Examples

			The number of domino tilings of the 5-pillow of order 6 is 1666=7^2*34. A112838(n)=34.
		

References

• C. Hanusa (2005). A Gessel-Viennot-Type Method for Cycle Systems with Applications to Aztec Pillows. PhD Thesis. University of Washington, Seattle, USA.

Crossrefs

A112833 breaks down as A112834^2 times A112835, where A112835 is not necessarily squarefree.

3-pillows: A112833-A112835; 7-pillows: A112839-A112841; 9-pillows: A112842-A112844.