A112841 Small-number statistic from the enumeration of domino tilings of a 7-pillow of order n.

1, 2, 5, 13, 34, 34, 74, 73, 193, 256, 793, 1049, 2465, 2857, 6577, 8226, 21348, 28872, 74740, 91970, 222217, 268769, 669265, 852305, 2201945, 2805760, 7000777, 8636081, 21311098, 26588770, 67091170, 85150213

Offset: 0

Author

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

Keywords

• easy
• nonn

Comments

A 7-pillow is a generalized Aztec pillow. The 7-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 7 horizontal squares to every 1 vertical square and steps down with steps of 1 horizontal square to every 1 vertical square.

Plotting A112841(n+2)/A112841(n) gives an intriguing damped sine curve.

Examples

			The number of domino tilings of the 7-pillow of order 8 is 23353=11^2*193. A112841(n)=193.
		

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

A112839 breaks down as A112840^2 times A112841, where A112841 is not necessarily squarefree.

3-pillows: A112833-A112835; 5-pillows: A112836-A112838; 9-pillows: A112842-A112844.