A200842 Number of 0..n arrays x(0..6) of 7 elements without any two consecutive increases or two consecutive decreases.
128, 1465, 8210, 31677, 96690, 250913, 577660, 1212729, 2365804, 4346969, 7598878, 12735125, 20585358, 32247681, 49148888, 73113073, 106439160, 151987897, 213278858, 294597997, 401116298, 539020065, 715653396, 939673385, 1221218596
Offset: 1
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Examples
Some solutions for n=3 ..3....2....2....0....0....2....1....2....3....1....2....0....2....3....3....0 ..1....1....2....1....1....1....0....0....3....1....0....3....0....3....0....2 ..1....1....0....1....1....2....3....1....0....0....0....2....0....3....2....1 ..1....2....0....0....1....0....0....0....2....1....3....2....0....2....0....2 ..3....1....3....0....1....0....2....3....1....0....2....1....3....2....1....2 ..1....1....3....0....3....3....1....3....2....0....3....3....1....0....1....2 ..1....0....3....3....2....0....1....1....2....2....2....1....1....2....3....3
Links
- R. H. Hardin, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..210
Formula
Empirical: a(n) = (34/315)*n^7 + (163/90)*n^6 + (1981/180)*n^5 + (557/18)*n^4 + (7807/180)*n^3 + (1361/45)*n^2 + (333/35)*n + 1.
Conjectures from Colin Barker, Oct 14 2017: (Start)
G.f.: x*(128 + 441*x + 74*x^2 - 151*x^3 + 74*x^4 - 29*x^5 + 8*x^6 - x^7) / (1 - x)^8.
a(n) = 8*a(n-1) - 28*a(n-2) + 56*a(n-3) - 70*a(n-4) + 56*a(n-5) - 28*a(n-6) + 8*a(n-7) - a(n-8) for n>8.
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