A192090 Number of tatami tilings of a 4 X n grid (with monomers allowed).
1, 5, 29, 44, 66, 126, 238, 490, 922, 1714, 3306, 6246, 12102, 22994, 43682, 83810, 159154, 305062, 581382, 1108362, 2119602, 4037338, 7716554, 14720142, 28084702, 53639778, 102298794, 195341594, 372753634, 711338798, 1357975774
Offset: 0
Examples
Here are some tatami tilings of the 4 X 3 grid: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ |_ _| |_| |_| |_ _| | |_ _| | |_| |_ _| |_ _|_| | | |_|_ _| |_| |_|_| | |_|_ _| |_|_ _|_| |_|_ _|_| |_|_|_ _| |_|_ _|_|
Links
- Alois P. Heinz, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..1000
- A. Erickson, F. Ruskey, M. Schurch and J. Woodcock, Monomer-Dimer Tatami Tilings of Rectangular Regions, Electronic Journal of Combinatorics, 18(1) (2011) P109, 24 pages.
Formula
G.f.: -13 + 3*x + 3*x^2 + 2*x^3 + (14 - 12*x + 10*x^2 + 10*x^4 - 104*x^5 + 114*x^6 - 80*x^7 + 34*x^8 + 12*x^9 - 2*x^10)/(1 - x - x^2 - x^3 + x^4 - 7*x^5 + 7*x^6 - x^7 + x^8 + x^9 + x^10 - x^11).
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