A220564 Number of ways to reciprocally link elements of an 3 X n array either to themselves or to exactly one horizontal or antidiagonal neighbor.
1, 13, 64, 430, 2604, 16310, 101052, 628269, 3901815, 24240377, 150578968, 935414825, 5810847665, 36097422853, 224239670624, 1392992694942, 8653368270212, 53755331997318, 333931897912068, 2074408410086741
Offset: 1
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Examples
Some solutions for n=3 0=self 3=ne 4=w 6=e 7=sw (reciprocal directions total 10): ..0..6..4....6..4..0....0..7..0....0..7..7....0..6..4....6..4..7....0..0..0 ..6..4..0....0..7..0....3..0..0....3..3..7....0..0..0....0..3..7....6..4..0 ..0..6..4....3..0..0....6..4..0....0..3..0....0..0..0....0..3..0....0..6..4
Links
- R. H. Hardin, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..210
Crossrefs
Cf. A220562.
Formula
Empirical: a(n) = 4*a(n-1) + 15*a(n-2) - 5*a(n-3) - 19*a(n-4) + 9*a(n-5) + 2*a(n-6) - a(n-7).
Empirical g.f.: x*(1 - x)*(1 + 10*x + 7*x^2 - 9*x^3 - x^4 + x^5) / ((1 + x - x^2)*(1 - 5*x - 9*x^2 + 9*x^3 + x^4 - x^5)). - Colin Barker, Aug 01 2018
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