A365629 Number of 4 X n mazes that can be navigated from the top left corner to the bottom right corner.
1, 216, 28942, 3329245, 358911148, 37502829018, 3856945416544, 393396697543644, 39951066751274152, 4047887027105625168, 409638762069161924728, 41428094401248851559736, 4188336537335577744595384, 423360539638841208001947048, 42789587016771330584001089176
Offset: 1
Links
- Pontus von Brömssen, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..499
- Eugene Nonko, Description of the problem and the approach to calculation.
- Eugene Nonko, C program.
- Steven B. Segletes, On the Electrical Connectivity of a 2-D, Randomly Distributed, Two-Component (Conducting/Insulating) Mixture, Devcom, ARL-TR-8899, Jan 2020; page 15 lists a(4).
- Index entries for linear recurrences with constant coefficients, order 26.
Formula
a(n) = 342*a(n-1) - 50227*a(n-2) + 4267092*a(n-3) - 237414878*a(n-4) + 9263866752*a(n-5) - 264710439296*a(n-6) + 5705797123488*a(n-7) - 94777393717760*a(n-8) + 1232582325433344*a(n-9) - 12699878523256832*a(n-10) + 104584257652924416*a(n-11) - 692664147070386176*a(n-12) + 3704337209642582016*a(n-13) - 16028068661845557248*a(n-14) + 56107328210955927552*a(n-15) - 158569903559869988864*a(n-16) + 360259507824309043200*a(n-17) - 653476498517472051200*a(n-18) + 937026705910470279168*a(n-19) - 1047482862825245769728*a(n-20) + 895397884025628524544*a(n-21) - 569457883581280944128*a(n-22) + 258763464527314944000*a(n-23) - 78758950283455234048*a(n-24) + 14267403619509731328*a(n-25) - 1152921504606846976*a(n-26) for n >= 27. - Pontus von Brömssen, May 25 2024
Extensions
a(8) and beyond from Pontus von Brömssen, May 25 2024
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