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A183616
1/120 the number of (n+1) X 4 0..4 arrays with every 2 X 2 subblock containing four distinct values.
1
36, 528, 7792, 115760, 1724208, 25713200, 383674672, 5726373936, 85476349744, 1275953305136, 19047317685552, 284339706389552, 4244663837569840, 63365088706048560, 945926138351149360, 14120972327885029424
OFFSET
1,1
COMMENTS
Column 3 of A183622.
LINKS
FORMULA
Empirical: a(n) = 21*a(n-1) - 84*a(n-2) - 112*a(n-3) + 192*a(n-4).
Empirical g.f.: 4*x*(9 - 57*x - 68*x^2 + 128*x^3) / ((1 - 5*x - 12*x^2)*(1 - 16*x + 16*x^2)). - Colin Barker, Mar 30 2018
EXAMPLE
Some solutions with the first square being 0123 for 3 X 4:
0 1 2 1 0 1 0 4 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 3
2 3 0 4 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 4 2 3 2 4
1 4 1 2 0 4 1 4 1 0 1 0 4 0 1 0 0 4 0 3
CROSSREFS
Cf. A183622.
Sequence in context: A090408 A268635 A233101 * A008657 A134289 A329913
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
R. H. Hardin, Jan 06 2011
STATUS
approved