A173549 Number of 3 X 3 magilatin squares with positive values and magic sum n.

12, 12, 24, 72, 156, 240, 552, 600, 1020, 1548, 2004, 2568, 4008, 4644, 6264, 8136, 10152, 12168, 16284, 18372, 22992, 27972, 32736, 37896, 47352, 52332, 62004, 72288, 82572, 93108, 110280, 120492, 138420, 157428, 175248, 193824, 223428

Offset

6,1

Comments

A magilatin square has equal row and column sums and no number repeated in any row or column.

a(n) is given by a quasipolynomial of degree 4 and period 840.

Links

Ray Chandler, Table of n, a(n) for n = 6..10000

Matthias Beck and Thomas Zaslavsky, An enumerative geometry for magic and magilatin labellings, arXiv:math/0506315 [math.CO], 2005

Matthias Beck and Thomas Zaslavsky, An enumerative geometry for magic and magilatin labellings, Annals of Combinatorics, 10 (2006), no. 4, pages 395-413. MR 2007m:05010. Zbl 1116.05071.

Matthias Beck and Thomas Zaslavsky, Six Little Squares and How their Numbers Grow, Journal of Integer Sequences, 13 (2010), Article 10.6.2.

Index entries for linear recurrences with constant coefficients, signature (-2, -3, -2, 0, 3, 6, 8, 9, 7, 3, -4, -10, -15, -16, -14, -8, 0, 8, 14, 16, 15, 10, 4, -3, -7, -9, -8, -6, -3, 0, 2, 3, 2, 1).

Formula

G.f.: x^3/(1-x^3) * { 12*x^3/[(x-1)*(x^2-1)] - 108*x^5/[(x-1)*(x^2-1)^2] - 72*x^5/[(x-1)*(x^4-1)] - 72*x^5/[(x^3-1)*(x^2-1)] - 36*x^5/(x^5-1) + 72*x^7/[(x-1)*(x^2-1)^3] + 144*x^7/[(x-1)*(x^2-1)*(x^4-1)] + 72*x^7/[(x-1)*(x^6-1)] + 72*x^7/[(x^2-1)^2*(x^3-1)] + 72*x^7/[(x^2-1)*(x^5-1)] + 72*x^7/(x^7-1) + 72*x^9/[(x-1)*(x^4-1)^2] + 144*x^9/[(x^2-1)*(x^3-1)*(x^4-1)] + 144*x^9/[(x^3-1)*(x^6-1)] + 72*x^9/[(x^4-1)*(x^5-1)] + 72*x^11/[(x^3-1)*(x^4-1)^2] + 72*x^11/[(x^3-1)*(x^8-1)] + 72*x^11/[(x^5-1)*(x^6-1)] + 72*x^13/[(x^5-1)*(x^8-1)] }.

Mathematica

LinearRecurrence[{-2, -3, -2, 0, 3, 6, 8, 9, 7, 3, -4, -10, -15, -16, -14, -8, 0, 8, 14, 16, 15, 10, 4, -3, -7, -9, -8, -6, -3, 0, 2, 3, 2, 1}, {0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 12, 12, 24, 72, 156, 240, 552, 600, 1020, 1548, 2004, 2568, 4008, 4644, 6264, 8136, 10152, 12168, 16284, 18372, 22992, 27972, 32736, 37896, 47352, 52332, 62004, 72288, 82572}, 42][[6;; ]] (* Jean-François Alcover, Nov 06 2018 *)

Crossrefs

Cf. A173730 (symmetry types), A173548 (counted by upper bound), A173729 (symmetry types by upper bound).

Sequence in context: A335778 A022346 A174020 * A299853 A251643 A346531

Adjacent sequences: A173546 A173547 A173548 * A173550 A173551 A173552

Keyword

nonn

Author

Thomas Zaslavsky, Mar 04 2010, Apr 24 2010

Status

approved