A187378 Number of 4-step S, NW and NE-moving king's tours on an n X n board summed over all starting positions.
0, 4, 40, 132, 278, 478, 732, 1040, 1402, 1818, 2288, 2812, 3390, 4022, 4708, 5448, 6242, 7090, 7992, 8948, 9958, 11022, 12140, 13312, 14538, 15818, 17152, 18540, 19982, 21478, 23028, 24632, 26290, 28002, 29768, 31588, 33462, 35390, 37372, 39408, 41498, 43642
Offset: 1
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Examples
Some solutions for 4X4 ..0..0..0..0....0..0..0..0....0..0..0..0....0..0..0..2....4..0..0..0 ..3..0..0..0....0..0..2..0....0..0..0..0....0..0..1..3....0..3..0..0 ..4..2..0..0....0..0..3..1....3..1..0..0....0..0..0..4....0..0..2..0 ..0..0..1..0....0..0..4..0....4..2..0..0....0..0..0..0....0..0..0..1
Links
- R. H. Hardin, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..50
Crossrefs
Row 4 of A187377.
Formula
Empirical: a(n) = 27*n^2 - 97*n + 88 for n>2.
Empirical g.f.: 2*x^2*(2+14*x+12*x^2-x^3)/(1-x)^3. - Colin Barker, Jan 22 2012
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