Search: id:A003775 Results 1-1 of 1 results found. %I A003775 %S A003775 1,8,95,1183,14824,185921,2332097,29253160,366944287,4602858719, %T A003775 57737128904,724240365697,9084693297025,113956161827912, %U A003775 1429438110270431,17930520634652959,224916047725262248 %N A003775 Number of perfect matchings (or domino tilings) in P_5 X P_2n. %D A003775 F. Faase, On the number of specific spanning subgraphs of the graphs G X P_n, Ars Combin. 49 (1998), 129-154. %D A003775 R. P. Stanley, Enumerative Combinatorics I, p. 292. %H A003775 F. Faase, On the number of specific spanning subgraphs of the graphs G X P_n, Preliminary version of paper that appeared in Ars Combin. 49 (1998), 129-154. %H A003775 F. Faase, Counting Hamilton cycles in product graphs %H A003775 F. Faase, Results from the counting program %H A003775 F. Faase, Counting Hamilton cycles in product graphs %H A003775 James A. Sellers, Domino Tilings and Products of Fibonacci and Pell Numbers, Journal of Integer Sequences, Vol. 5 (2002), Article 02.1.2 %H A003775 Index entries for sequences related to dominoes %F A003775 If b(n) denotes the number of perfect matchings (or domino tilings) in P_5 X P_n we have: %F A003775 b(1) = 0, %F A003775 b(2) = 8, %F A003775 b(3) = 0, %F A003775 b(4) = 95, %F A003775 b(5) = 0, %F A003775 b(6) = 1183, %F A003775 b(7) = 0, %F A003775 b(8) = 14824 and %F A003775 b(n) = 15b(n-2) - 32b(n-4) + 15b(n-6) - b(n-8). %F A003775 G.f.: (1-7*x+7*x^2-x^3)/(1-15*x+32*x^2-15*x^3+x^4). %F A003775 Let M be the 4 X 4 matrix |1 0 2 8 | 0 1 0 2 | 2 1 5 21| 1 1 1 8 |; then a(n) = M^n(4, 4). - DELEHAM Philippe (kolotoko(AT)wanadoo.fr), Aug 08, 2003 %F A003775 Lim_{n -> Inf} a(n)/a(n-1) = (3 + Sqrt(5))*(5 + Sqrt(21))/4 = 12.54375443458... - Philippe DELEHAM (kolotoko(AT)wanadoo.fr), Jun 13 = 2005. %Y A003775 Row 5 of array A099390. %Y A003775 Sequence in context: A010565 A080208 A099298 this_sequence A121785 A116144 A074114 %Y A003775 Adjacent sequences: A003772 A003773 A003774 this_sequence A003776 A003777 A003778 %K A003775 nonn %O A003775 0,2 %A A003775 Frans Faase (Frans_LiXia(AT)wxs.nl) %E A003775 Added recurrence from Faase's web page. - N. J. A. Sloane (njas(AT)research.att.com), Feb 03 2009 Search completed in 0.001 seconds