A126531 Number of base 10 n-digit numbers with adjacent digits differing by five or less.

1, 10, 80, 660, 5430, 44692, 367826, 3027314, 24915652, 205062892, 1687725824, 13890462738, 114322452324, 940906242802, 7743925534706, 63734705924048, 524554726284436, 4317234336897124, 35532064407664766, 292438978880594940

Offset: 0

Author

R. H. Hardin, Dec 28 2006

Keywords

• nonn
• base

Comments

[Empirical] a(base,n)=a(base-1,n)+11^(n-1) for base>=5n-4; a(base,n)=a(base-1,n)+11^(n-1)-2 when base=5n-5.

Crossrefs

Cf. Base 10 differing by four or less A126505, three or less A126478, two or less A126397, one or less A126364.

Formula

Conjectures from Colin Barker, May 31 2017: (Start)

G.f.: (1 - x)*(1 + 3*x - x^3) / ((1 + x)*(1 - 9*x + 6*x^2 + 3*x^3 - 2*x^4)).

a(n) = 8*a(n-1) + 3*a(n-2) - 9*a(n-3) - a(n-4) + 2*a(n-5) for n>4.

(End)