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A243513
Number of length n+2 0..4 arrays with no three elements in a row with pattern aba or abb (with a!=b) and new values 0..4 introduced in 0..4 order.
1
3, 5, 10, 24, 65, 187, 552, 1646, 4927, 14769, 44294, 132868, 398589, 1195751, 3587236, 10761690, 32285051, 96855133, 290565378, 871696112, 2615088313, 7845264915, 23535794720, 70607384134, 211822152375, 635466457097
OFFSET
1,1
LINKS
FORMULA
Empirical: a(n) = 5*a(n-1) - 7*a(n-2) + 3*a(n-3).
Conjectures from Colin Barker, Nov 02 2018: (Start)
G.f.: x*(3 - 10*x + 6*x^2) / ((1 - x)^2*(1 - 3*x)).
a(n) = (7 + 3^n + 2*n) / 4.
(End)
EXAMPLE
All solutions for n=3:
..0....0....0....0....0....0....0....0....0....0
..1....0....1....0....0....1....1....1....0....0
..2....0....2....1....0....2....2....2....0....1
..3....1....0....2....0....0....3....3....0....2
..0....2....1....3....1....3....1....4....0....0
CROSSREFS
Column 4 of A243519.
Sequence in context: A209001 A240619 A171867 * A002039 A243514 A243515
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
R. H. Hardin, Jun 05 2014
STATUS
approved