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A005389 Number of Hamiltonian circuits on 2n times 4 rectangle.
(Formerly M4228)
+0
1
1, 6, 37, 236, 1517, 9770, 62953, 405688, 2614457, 16849006, 108584525, 699780452, 4509783909, 29063617746, 187302518353, 1207084188912, 7779138543857, 50133202843990 (list; graph; listen)
OFFSET

1,2

REFERENCES

N. J. A. Sloane and Simon Plouffe, The Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1995 (includes this sequence).

T. G. Schmalz, G. E. Hite and D. J. Klein, Compact self-avoiding circuits on two-dimensional lattices, J. Phys. A 17 (1984), 445-453.

LINKS

S. Plouffe, Approximations de S\'{e}ries G\'{e}n\'{e}ratrices et Quelques Conjectures, Dissertation, Universit\'{e} du Qu\'{e}bec \`{a} Montr\'{e}al, 1992.

S. Plouffe, 1031 Generating Functions and Conjectures, Universit\'{e} du Qu\'{e}bec \`{a} Montr\'{e}al, 1992.

FORMULA

G.f.: (1-2x-x^2)/(1-8x+10x^2+x^4). - Ralf Stephan, Apr 23 2004

MAPLE

A005389:=-(-1+2*z+z**2)/(1-8*z+10*z**2+z**4); [Conjectured by S. Plouffe in his 1992 dissertation.]

(Maple) a := n -> (Matrix([[0, 1, 2, -11]]). Matrix(4, (i, j)-> if (i=j-1) then 1 elif j=1 then [8, -10, 0, -1][i] else 0 fi)^(n))[1, 1]; seq (a(n), n=1..18); [From Alois P. Heinz (heinz(AT)hs-heilbronn.de), Aug 05 2008]

CROSSREFS

Bisection of A006864.

Sequence in context: A081912 A081188 A154623 this_sequence A080954 A073013 A140712

Adjacent sequences: A005386 A005387 A005388 this_sequence A005390 A005391 A005392

KEYWORD

nonn

AUTHOR

N. J. A. Sloane (njas(AT)research.att.com), Simon Plouffe (simon.plouffe(AT)gmail.com)

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