A247127 Number of tilings of a 5 X n rectangle using n pentominoes of shapes V, U, X, N.

1, 0, 0, 1, 4, 0, 9, 8, 24, 17, 78, 64, 227, 212, 664, 699, 2004, 2220, 6033, 7196, 18112, 22859, 54882, 72560, 166251, 229284, 505632, 721421, 1540532, 2264668, 4702135, 7092742, 14376450, 22165709, 44024116, 69154334, 134973515, 215459398, 414268932

Offset: 0

Author

Alois P. Heinz, Nov 19 2014

Keywords

• nonn

Links

• Alois P. Heinz, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..1000
• Wikipedia, Pentomino

Crossrefs

Cf. A174249, A233427, A247126.

Programs

Maple

gf:= -(4*x^18 +4*x^17 -8*x^16 -3*x^15 -9*x^14 +2*x^13 -3*x^12 +5*x^11 -7*x^10 +x^9 -7*x^8 -x^6 -2*x^5 -x^3+1) / (32*x^26 +32*x^25 -32*x^24 +8*x^23 -120*x^22 +12*x^21 -124*x^20 +36*x^19 -123*x^18 +35*x^17 -106*x^16 +20*x^15 -62*x^14 -23*x^13 -22*x^12 -36*x^11 +5*x^10 -18*x^9 +13*x^8 -4*x^7 +8*x^6 +2*x^5 +4*x^4 +2*x^3-1):
a:= n-> coeff(series(gf, x, n+1), x, n):
seq(a(n), n=0..50);

Formula

G.f.: see Maple program.