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A202900

Number of n X 2 0..1 arrays with every one equal to some NW, E or S neighbor.

1, 4, 14, 40, 116, 344, 1016, 2992, 8816, 25984, 76576, 225664, 665024, 1959808, 5775488, 17020160, 50157824, 147813376, 435600896, 1283700736, 3783021568, 11148433408, 32854046720, 96819736576, 285324406784, 840841134080

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OFFSET

1,2

COMMENTS

Column 2 of A202906.

LINKS

R. H. Hardin, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..210

FORMULA

Empirical: a(n) = 4*a(n-1) -4*a(n-2) +4*a(n-3) -4*a(n-4).

Empirical g.f.: x*(1 + 2*x^2 - 4*x^3) / (1 - 4*x + 4*x^2 - 4*x^3 + 4*x^4). - Colin Barker, Jun 02 2018

EXAMPLE

Some solutions for n=5:

..1..1....0..0....1..1....1..0....0..1....1..0....1..0....1..1....1..0....1..1

..0..1....0..0....1..1....1..0....0..1....1..1....1..0....0..1....1..1....1..1

..0..0....1..0....0..0....1..1....0..1....1..1....1..0....1..1....0..0....0..1

..1..1....1..1....1..0....0..1....1..1....0..1....1..0....1..1....1..1....1..1

..1..1....0..1....1..1....0..0....1..1....0..0....1..1....0..1....1..1....1..1

CROSSREFS

Cf. A202906.

Sequence in context: A054443 A281766 A072674 * A238117 A032285 A196451

Adjacent sequences: A202897 A202898 A202899 * A202901 A202902 A202903

KEYWORD

nonn

AUTHOR

R. H. Hardin, Dec 25 2011

STATUS

approved