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%I A287810 #11 May 22 2025 10:21:47 %S A287810 1,7,41,241,1417,8333,49005,288193,1694833,9967141,58615749,344713305, %T A287810 2027224169,11921900829,70111496093,412318635697,2424804301985, %U A287810 14260029486677,83861794865077,493182755657289,2900358033942041,17056713010658765,100308808541321741 %N A287810 Number of septenary sequences of length n such that no two consecutive terms have distance 3. %H A287810 <a href="/index/Rec#order_03">Index entries for linear recurrences with constant coefficients</a>, signature (6, 1, -10). %F A287810 For n>3, a(n) = 6*a(n-1) + a(n-2) - 10*a(n-3), a(0)=1, a(1)=7, a(2)=41, a(3)=241. %F A287810 G.f.: (1 + x - 2*x^2 - 2*x^3)/(1 - 6*x - x^2 + 10*x^3). %e A287810 For n=2 the a(2) = 49-8 = 41 sequences contain every combination except these eight: 03, 30, 14, 41, 25, 52, 36, 63. %t A287810 LinearRecurrence[{6, 1, -10}, {1, 7, 41, 241}, 40] %o A287810 (Python) %o A287810 def a(n): %o A287810 if n in [0, 1, 2, 3]: %o A287810 return [1, 7, 41, 241][n] %o A287810 return 6*a(n-1)+a(n-2)-10*a(n-3) %Y A287810 Cf. A040000, A003945, A083318, A078057, A003946, A126358, A003946, A055099, A003947, A015448, A126473. %Y A287810 Cf. A287804-A287819. %K A287810 nonn,easy %O A287810 0,2 %A A287810 _David Nacin_, Jun 01 2017