A178722 Number of ways to place 6 nonattacking queens on an n X n toroidal board.

0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 196, 3072, 42768, 550000, 3573856, 25009344, 102800672, 454967744, 1441238400, 4811118592, 12616778208, 34692705648, 79514466480, 189770459200, 392908083876, 842040318416, 1610365515264, 3172863442176, 5692888800000

Offset: 1

Author

Vaclav Kotesovec, Jun 07 2010

Keywords

• nonn

Comments

Previous recurrence (order 142) was right, but Artem M. Karavaev and his team found (Jun 19 2011) another recurrence with smaller order (124).

Links

• Artem M. Karavaev, Zealint blog (in Russian)
• V. Kotesovec, Non-attacking chess pieces, 6ed, 2013
• Vaclav Kotesovec, G.f.

Crossrefs

Cf. A172517, A172518, A172519, A173775, A178720.

Programs

Mathematica

(* General formulas (denominator and recurrence) for k nonattacking queens on an n X n toroidal board: *) inversef[j_]:=(m=2;While[j>2*Fibonacci[m-1],m=m+1];m); denomt[k_,par_]:=(x-1)^(2k+1)*Product[Cyclotomic[j,x]^(2*(k-inversef[j]+1)+par),{j,2,2*Fibonacci[k-1]}]; Table[denomt[k,1],{k,1,7}]//TraditionalForm Table[Sum[Coefficient[Expand[denomt[k,1]],x,i]*Subscript[a,n-i],{i,0,Exponent[denomt[k,1],x]}],{k,1,7}]//TraditionalForm

Formula

Explicit formula (Artem M. Karavaev, after values computed by Andrey Khalyavin, Jun 19 2011):

n^2/6*(n^10/120-5*n^9/8+125*n^8/6-3275*n^7/8+316073*n^6/60-371219*n^5/8+282695*n^4-4676911*n^3/4+15512322*n^2/5-4626944*n+2452536

+(n^8/4-14*n^7+1411*n^6/4-5227*n^5+199399*n^4/4-313302*n^3+2530255*n^2/2-2984844*n+3117968)*Floor[n/2]

+(24*n^4-864*n^3+12852*n^2-95112*n+309128)*Floor[n/3]+(12*n^4-432*n^3+6180*n^2-42384*n+117584)*Floor[(n+1)/3]

+(27*n^4-1044*n^3+16044*n^2-118296*n+350388)*Floor[n/4]+(27*n^4-1044*n^3+16044*n^2-118296*n+360348)*Floor[(n+1)/4]

+(96*n^2-1920*n+22248)*Floor[n/5]+(48*n^2-960*n+10224)*Floor[(n+1)/5]+(48*n^2-960*n+12024)*Floor[(n+2)/5]+(48*n^2-960*n+10224)*Floor[(n+3)/5]

+(492*n^2-10344*n+73960)*Floor[(n+1)/6]

+1968*Floor[n/7]+984*Floor[(n+1)/7]+984*Floor[(n+2)/7]+984*Floor[(n+3)/7]+984*Floor[(n+4)/7]+984*Floor[(n+5)/7]

+9960*Floor[n/8]+9960*Floor[(n+3)/8]

+1800*Floor[(n+1)/10]-1800*Floor[(n+2)/10]+1800*Floor[(n+3)/10]).

Alternative formula (Vaclav Kotesovec, after values computed by Andrey Khalyavin, Jun 20 2011):

a(n) = n^2*(n^10/720-n^9/12+661*n^8/288-153*n^7/4+615887*n^6/1440-80581*n^5/24+1801697*n^4/96-295355*n^3/4+9389033*n^2/48-626899*n/2+142789469/630

+(n^8/96-7*n^7/12+1411*n^6/96-5227*n^5/24+199399*n^4/96-52217*n^3/4+843309*n^2/16-745349*n/6+2315441/18)*(-1)^n

+(9*n^4/4-87*n^3+1337*n^2-9858*n+29614)*Cos[Pi*n/2]

+2*(123*n^2-2586*n+18490)*Cos[Pi*n/3]/9+2*(6*n^4-216*n^3+3213*n^2-23778*n+77282)*Cos[2*Pi*n/3]/9

+415*(Cos[Pi*n/4]+Cos[3*Pi*n/4])

+8/5*Cos[Pi*n/5]*(75*Cos[2*Pi*n/5]+(927-80*n+4*n^2)*Cos[3*Pi*n/5])

+328/7*(Cos[2*Pi*n/7]+Cos[4*Pi*n/7]+Cos[6*Pi*n/7])).

Recurrence: a(n) = a(n-124) + 5a(n-123) + 19a(n-122) + 53a(n-121) + 126a(n-120) + 256a(n-119) + 460a(n-118) + 731a(n-117) + 1024a(n-116) + 1234a(n-115) + 1180a(n-114) + 631a(n-113) - 677a(n-112) - 2917a(n-111) - 6108a(n-110) - 9923a(n-109) - 13657a(n-108) - 16137a(n-107) - 15876a(n-106) - 11304a(n-105) - 1172a(n-104) + 14879a(n-103) + 35916a(n-102) + 59190a(n-101) + 80301a(n-100) + 93334a(n-99) + 92030a(n-98) + 70850a(n-97) + 26815a(n-96) - 39130a(n-95) - 120942a(n-94) - 207185a(n-93) - 282105a(n-92) - 327419a(n-91) - 326009a(n-90) - 265142a(n-89) - 140929a(n-88) + 39571a(n-87) + 256518a(n-86) + 479114a(n-85) + 668872a(n-84) + 785798a(n-83) + 795775a(n-82) + 677688a(n-81) + 430187a(n-80) + 74064a(n-79) - 347112a(n-78) - 773130a(n-77) - 1134433a(n-76) - 1364780a(n-75) - 1412189a(n-74) - 1250448a(n-73) - 885628a(n-72) - 357906a(n-71) + 262286a(n-70) + 885029a(n-69) + 1413752a(n-68) + 1762777a(n-67) + 1870496a(n-66) + 1712484a(n-65) + 1305033a(n-64) + 705009a(n-63) - 705009a(n-61) - 1305033a(n-60) - 1712484a(n-59) - 1870496a(n-58) - 1762777a(n-57) - 1413752a(n-56) - 885029a(n-55) - 262286a(n-54) + 357906a(n-53) + 885628a(n-52) + 1250448a(n-51) + 1412189a(n-50) + 1364780a(n-49) + 1134433a(n-48) + 773130a(n-47) + 347112a(n-46) - 74064a(n-45) - 430187a(n-44) - 677688a(n-43) - 795775a(n-42) - 785798a(n-41) - 668872a(n-40) - 479114a(n-39) - 256518a(n-38) - 39571a(n-37) + 140929a(n-36) + 265142a(n-35) + 326009a(n-34) + 327419a(n-33) + 282105a(n-32) + 207185a(n-31) + 120942a(n-30) + 39130a(n-29) - 26815a(n-28) - 70850a(n-27) - 92030a(n-26) - 93334a(n-25) - 80301a(n-24) - 59190a(n-23) - 35916a(n-22) - 14879a(n-21) + 1172a(n-20) + 11304a(n-19) + 15876a(n-18) + 16137a(n-17) + 13657a(n-16) + 9923a(n-15) + 6108a(n-14) + 2917a(n-13) + 677a(n-12) - 631a(n-11) - 1180a(n-10) - 1234a(n-9) - 1024a(n-8) - 731a(n-7) - 460a(n-6) - 256a(n-5) - 126a(n-4) - 53a(n-3) - 19a(n-2) - 5a(n-1).