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%I A356622 #11 Aug 17 2022 22:39:50 %S A356622 1,5,39,317,2585,21085,171987,1402873,11443033,93339173,761354199, %T A356622 6210256613,50656169297,413195081581,3370372805763,27491645850097, %U A356622 224245398092113,1829137434684101,14920010771362215 %N A356622 Number of ways to tile a hexagonal strip made up of 4*n equilateral triangles, using triangles and diamonds. %C A356622 Here is the hexagonal strip: %C A356622 ________________ ____ %C A356622 /\ /\ /\ /\ / \ / %C A356622 /__\/__\/__\/__\/ ... \/ %C A356622 \ /\ /\ /\ /\ /\ %C A356622 \/__\/__\/__\/__\ /__\ %C A356622 The two types of tiles are triangles and diamonds (each of which can be rotated). Here are the two types of tiles: %C A356622 ____ ____ %C A356622 \ / \ \ %C A356622 \/ and \___\. %H A356622 <a href="/index/Rec#order_03">Index entries for linear recurrences with constant coefficients</a>, signature (9,-7,1). %F A356622 a(n) = A355327(2*n). %F A356622 a(n) = 9*a(n-1) - 7*a(n-2) + a(n-3). %F A356622 G.f.: (1 - 4 x + x^2)/(1 - 9 x + 7 x^2 - x^3). %e A356622 For n=4, here is one of the a(4)=2585 ways to tile this strip (of 16 triangles) using triangles and diamonds. %e A356622 ________________ %e A356622 / /\ /\ / / %e A356622 /__ / \/__\/__ / %e A356622 \ /\ /\ \ /\ %e A356622 \/__\/__\___\/__\ %t A356622 LinearRecurrence[{9, -7, 1}, {1, 5, 39}, 40] %Y A356622 Bisection of A355327. Cf. A356623. %K A356622 nonn,easy %O A356622 0,2 %A A356622 _Greg Dresden_ and _Aarnav Gogri_, Aug 16 2022