A198715 T(n,k)=Number of nXk 0..3 arrays with values 0..3 introduced in row major order and no element equal to any horizontal or vertical neighbor.

1, 1, 1, 2, 4, 2, 5, 25, 25, 5, 14, 172, 401, 172, 14, 41, 1201, 6548, 6548, 1201, 41, 122, 8404, 107042, 250031, 107042, 8404, 122, 365, 58825, 1749965, 9548295, 9548295, 1749965, 58825, 365, 1094, 411772, 28609241, 364637102, 851787199, 364637102

Offset: 1

Author

R. H. Hardin, Oct 29 2011

Keywords

• nonn
• tabl

Comments

Number of colorings of the grid graph P_n X P_k using a maximum of 4 colors up to permutation of the colors. - Andrew Howroyd, Jun 26 2017

Examples

			Table starts
....1........1............2...............5..................14
....1........4...........25.............172................1201
....2.......25..........401............6548..............107042
....5......172.........6548..........250031.............9548295
...14.....1201.......107042.........9548295...........851787199
...41.....8404......1749965.......364637102.........75987485516
..122....58825.....28609241.....13925032958.......6778819400772
..365...411772....467717288....531779578441.....604736581320925
.1094..2882401...7646461682..20307996787865...53948385378521909
.3281.20176804.125007943505.775536991678112.4812720805166620356
...
Some solutions with all values from 0 to 3 for n=6 k=4
..0..1..0..1....0..1..0..1....0..1..0..1....0..1..0..1....0..1..0..1
..1..0..1..0....1..0..1..0....1..0..1..0....1..0..1..0....1..0..1..0
..0..1..2..1....0..1..0..1....0..1..0..1....0..1..0..2....0..1..0..1
..1..2..0..3....2..0..3..0....2..0..1..0....1..2..1..3....1..2..3..0
..2..0..2..0....1..3..0..2....3..2..0..2....0..3..0..2....3..1..2..3
..3..2..0..1....3..2..1..0....0..3..2..1....3..1..3..0....1..3..1..0
		

Links

• Andrew Howroyd, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..496 (terms 1..180 from R. H. Hardin)
• Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Grid Graph
• Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Vertex Coloring
• Wikipedia, Graph Coloring

Crossrefs

Columns 1-7 are A007051(n-2), A034494(n-1), A198710, A198711, A198712, A198713, A198714.

Main diagonal is A198709.

Cf. A207997 (3 colorings), A222444 (labeled 4 colorings), A198906 (5 colorings), A198982 (6 colorings), A198723 (7 colorings), A198914 (8 colorings), A207868 (unlimited).