A245951 Number of length 1+3 0..n arrays with some pair in every consecutive four terms totalling exactly n.
14, 71, 196, 453, 834, 1435, 2216, 3305, 4630, 6351, 8364, 10861, 13706, 17123, 20944, 25425, 30366, 36055, 42260, 49301, 56914, 65451, 74616, 84793, 95654, 107615, 120316, 134205, 148890, 164851, 181664, 199841, 218926, 239463, 260964, 284005
Offset: 1
Keywords
Examples
Some solutions for n=10: ..6....5....7...10....6....7....6....0....3....6....1....8....5....1...10....8 ..5....7....5....1...10...10....9...10....7....5...10...10....5....5....9....2 ..3....6...10....9....4....6....6....8....7....4....9....4....2....5....7....1 ..7....4....5....7...10....4....1...10....7....6....5....0....0....2....0....6
Links
- R. H. Hardin, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..210
Crossrefs
Row 1 of A245950.
Formula
Empirical: a(n) = 2*a(n-1) + a(n-2) - 4*a(n-3) + a(n-4) + 2*a(n-5) - a(n-6).
Conjectures from Colin Barker, Nov 05 2018: (Start)
G.f.: x*(14 + 43*x + 40*x^2 + 46*x^3 + 2*x^4 - x^5) / ((1 - x)^4*(1 + x)^2).
a(n) = 1 + 5*n + 3*n^2 + 6*n^3 for n even.
a(n) = 4 + n + 3*n^2 + 6*n^3 for n odd.
(End)