Search: id:A030186 Results 1-1 of 1 results found. %I A030186 %S A030186 1,2,7,22,71,228,733,2356,7573,24342,78243,251498,808395,2598440, %T A030186 8352217,26846696,86293865,277376074,891575391,2865808382,9211624463, %U A030186 29609106380,95173135221,305916887580,983314691581,3160687827102 %N A030186 a(n) = 3a(n-1) + a(n-2) - a(n-3), n >= 3; a(0) = 1, a(1) = 2, a(2) = 7. %C A030186 Number of matchings in ladder graph L_n = P_2 X P_n %C A030186 Cycle-path coverings of a family of digraphs. %C A030186 a(n+1) = Fibonacci(n+1)^2 + Sum_{k=0..n} Fibonacci(k)^2*a(n-k) (with the offset convention Fibonacci(2)=2). - Barry Cipra (bcipra(AT)rconnect.com), Jun 11 2003 %C A030186 Equivalently, ways of paving a 2xn grid cells using only singletons and dominoes. - Lekraj Beedassy (blekraj(AT)yahoo.com), Mar 25 2005 %C A030186 It is easy to see that the g.f. for indecomposable tilings (pavings) i.e. those that cannot be split vertically into smaller tilings, is g=2x+3x^2+2x^3+2x^4+2x^5+...=x(2+x-x^2)/(1-x); then G.f.=1/(1-g)=(1-x)/ (1-3x-x^2+x^3). - Emeric Deutsch (deutsch(AT)duke.poly.edu), Oct 16 2006 %C A030186 Row sums of A046741. - Emeric Deutsch (deutsch(AT)duke.poly.edu), Oct 16 2006 %C A030186 Equals binomial transform of A156096 [From Gary W. Adamson (qntmpkt(AT)yahoo.com), Feb 03 2009] %D A030186 O. M. D'Antona and E. Munarini, The Cycle-path Indicator Polynomial of a Digraph, Advances in Applied Mathematics 25 (2000), 41-56. %D A030186 R. C. Grimson, Exact formulas for 2 x n arrays of dumbbells, J. Math. Phys., 15 (1974), 214-216. %D A030186 J. D. E. Konhauser et al., Which Way Did The Bicycle Go? Problem 140 "Count The Tilings" pp. 42; 180-1 Dolciani Math. Exp. No. 18 MAA Washington DC 1996. %D A030186 Per Hakan Lundow, "Computation of matching polynomials and the number of 1-factors in polygraphs", Research reports, No 12, 1996, Department of Mathematics, Umea University. %D A030186 R. B. McQuistan and S. J. Lichtman, Exact recursion relation for 2 x N arrays of dumbbells, J. Math. Phys., 11 (1970), 3095-3099. %H A030186 T. D. Noe, Table of n, a(n) for n=0..200 %H A030186 INRIA Algorithms Project, Encyclopedia of Combinatorial Structures 473 %H A030186 Per Hakan Lundow, Enumeration of matchings in polygraphs, 1998. %H A030186 N. J. A. Sloane Notes on A030186 and A033505 %F A030186 G.f.: (1-t)/(1-3t-t^2+t^3). %p A030186 a[0]:=1: a[1]:=2: a[2]:=7: for n from 3 to 25 do a[n]:=3*a[n-1]+a[n-2]-a[n-3] od: seq(a[n],n=0..25); - Emeric Deutsch (deutsch(AT)duke.poly.edu), Oct 16 2006 %Y A030186 Partial sums give A033505. %Y A030186 Cf. A054894, A055518, A055519. %Y A030186 A156096 [From Gary W. Adamson (qntmpkt(AT)yahoo.com), Feb 03 2009] %Y A030186 Sequence in context: A106438 A109999 A092690 this_sequence A162770 A116387 A114495 %Y A030186 Adjacent sequences: A030183 A030184 A030185 this_sequence A030187 A030188 A030189 %K A030186 nonn,easy,nice %O A030186 0,2 %A A030186 Ottavio D'Antona (dantona(AT)dsi.unimi.it) %E A030186 More terms from James A. Sellers (sellersj(AT)math.psu.edu) %E A030186 Entry revised by N. J. A. Sloane (njas(AT)research.att.com), Feb 13, 2002. Search completed in 0.002 seconds