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A298035 Coordination sequence of Dual(3.12.12) tiling with respect to a trivalent node.

Original entry on oeis.org

1, 3, 21, 39, 57, 75, 93, 111, 129, 147, 165, 183, 201, 219, 237, 255, 273, 291, 309, 327, 345, 363, 381, 399, 417, 435, 453, 471, 489, 507, 525, 543, 561, 579, 597, 615, 633, 651, 669, 687, 705, 723, 741, 759, 777, 795, 813, 831, 849, 867, 885, 903, 921, 939, 957, 975, 993, 1011, 1029, 1047, 1065
Offset: 0

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Author

N. J. A. Sloane, Jan 22 2018

Keywords

Comments

This tiling is sometimes called the triakis triangular tiling.

Crossrefs

Cf. A019557 (12-valent node), A016790 (partial sums, provided its offset is changed).
List of coordination sequences for Laves tilings (or duals of uniform planar nets): [3,3,3,3,3.3] = A008486; [3.3.3.3.6] = A298014, A298015, A298016; [3.3.3.4.4] = A298022, A298024; [3.3.4.3.4] = A008574, A296368; [3.6.3.6] = A298026, A298028; [3.4.6.4] = A298029, A298031, A298033; [3.12.12] = A019557, A298035; [4.4.4.4] = A008574; [4.6.12] = A298036, A298038, A298040; [4.8.8] = A022144, A234275; [6.6.6] = A008458.

Programs

  • Maple
    f3:=proc(n) if n=0 then 1 else 18*n-15; fi; end;
    [seq(f3(n),n=0..80)];
  • PARI
    Vec((1 + x + 16*x^2) / (1 - x)^2 + O(x^60)) \\ Colin Barker, Jan 22 2018

Formula

Theorem: a(0)=1; thereafter a(n) = 18*n-15. [Proof: Use the "coloring book" method described in the Goodman-Strauss & Sloane article.]
From Colin Barker, Jan 22 2018: (Start)
G.f.: (1 + x + 16*x^2) / (1 - x)^2.
a(n) = 2*a(n-1) - a(n-2) for n>2.
(End)