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A127864 Number of tilings of a 2xn board with 1x1 and L-shaped tiles (where the L-shaped tiles cover 3 squares). +0
10
1, 1, 5, 11, 33, 87, 241, 655, 1793, 4895, 13377, 36543, 99841, 272767, 745217, 2035967, 5562369, 15196671, 41518081, 113429503, 309895169, 846649343, 2313089025, 6319476735, 17265131521, 47169216511 (list; graph; listen)
OFFSET

0,3

COMMENT

The signed version of this sequence appears as A077917

REFERENCES

P. Z. Chinn, R. Grimaldi and S. Heubach, Tiling with Ls and Squares, to appear in the Journal of Integer Sequences

LINKS

S. Heubach, Tiling with Ls and Squares.

FORMULA

a(n) = a(n-1)+ 4 a(n-2) + 2 a(n-3); a(n) = (-1)^n +(1/Sqrt(3))*((1+Sqrt(3))^n - (1-Sqrt(3))^n); generating function 1/(1-x-4x^2-2x^3)

EXAMPLE

a(2) = 5 because the 2 X 2 board can be tiled either with 4 squares or with a single L-shaped tile (in four orientations) together with a single square tile.

MATHEMATICA

Table[Coefficient[Normal[Series[ -1/( 2x^3 + 4x^2 + x - 1), {x, 0, 30}]], x, n], {n, 0, 30}]

CROSSREFS

Cf. A077917, A127865, A127866, A127867, A127868, A127869, A127870, A127871, A127872.

Sequence in context: A074648 A106908 A107442 this_sequence A077917 A055936 A164560

Adjacent sequences: A127861 A127862 A127863 this_sequence A127865 A127866 A127867

KEYWORD

easy,nonn

AUTHOR

Silvia Heubach (sheubac(AT)calstatela.edu), Feb 03 2007

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