A253218 Number of n X 3 nonnegative integer arrays with upper left 0 and lower right its king-move distance away minus 2 and every value within 2 of its king move distance from the upper left and every value increasing by 0 or 1 with every step right, diagonally se or down.

1, 1, 1, 19, 102, 263, 504, 825, 1226, 1707, 2268, 2909, 3630, 4431, 5312, 6273, 7314, 8435, 9636, 10917, 12278, 13719, 15240, 16841, 18522, 20283, 22124, 24045, 26046, 28127, 30288, 32529, 34850, 37251, 39732, 42293, 44934, 47655, 50456, 53337, 56298

Offset: 1

Author

R. H. Hardin, Dec 29 2014

Keywords

• nonn

Examples

			Some solutions for n=4:
..0..0..0....0..0..0....0..0..0....0..0..0....0..0..1....0..1..1....0..0..1
..0..0..1....0..0..0....0..0..1....0..0..1....0..0..1....0..1..1....0..0..1
..0..0..1....0..1..1....0..1..1....1..1..1....1..1..1....1..1..1....0..0..1
..1..1..1....1..1..1....1..1..1....1..1..1....1..1..1....1..1..1....1..1..1
		

Links

• R. H. Hardin, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..210

Crossrefs

Column 3 of A253223.

Formula

Empirical: a(n) = 40*n^2 - 279*n + 497 for n>4.

Conjectures from Colin Barker, Dec 09 2018: (Start)

G.f.: x*(1 - 2*x + x^2 + 18*x^3 + 47*x^4 + 13*x^5 + 2*x^6) / (1 - x)^3.

a(n) = 3*a(n-1) - 3*a(n-2) + a(n-3) for n>7.

(End)