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%I A380287 #24 Mar 02 2025 23:19:14 %S A380287 4,6,16,48,142,472,1670,6364,24604,97668,390070,1570560,6334644, %T A380287 25617062,103669288,419930444,1701635046,6898183050 %N A380287 Sum of the perimeters of the free polyominoes with n cells. %C A380287 The perimeters of any holes are included here. %H A380287 <a href="/index/Pol#polyominoes">Index entries for sequences related to polyominoes</a>. %F A380287 a(n) = Sum_{k=2..n+1} 2*k*A342243(n,k). - _Pontus von Brömssen_, Jan 27 2025 %e A380287 Illustration for n = 4: %e A380287 The free polyominoes with four cells are also called free tetrominoes. %e A380287 The five free tetrominoes are as shown below: %e A380287 _ %e A380287 |_| _ _ _ %e A380287 |_| |_| |_|_ |_|_ _ _ %e A380287 |_| |_|_ |_|_| |_|_| |_|_| %e A380287 |_| |_|_| |_| |_| |_|_| %e A380287 . %e A380287 From left to right the perimeters are respectively [10, 10, 10, 10, 8] as shown below: %e A380287 _ %e A380287 | | _ _ _ %e A380287 | | | | | |_ | |_ _ _ %e A380287 | | | |_ |_ | | _| | | %e A380287 |_| |_ _| |_| |_| |_ _| %e A380287 . %e A380287 The sum of the perimeters is 10 + 10 + 10 + 10 + 8 = 48, so a(4) = 48. %e A380287 . %Y A380287 Cf. A000105, A027709, A057730, A130622, A131482, A135942, A342243. %Y A380287 See A380575 for another version. %K A380287 nonn,more %O A380287 1,1 %A A380287 _Omar E. Pol_, Jan 25 2025 %E A380287 a(6)-a(18) (using A342243 b-file) from _Pontus von Brömssen_, Jan 27 2025