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A179606 Eight white kings and one red king on a 3 X 3 chessboard. G.f.: (1 + x)/(1 - 3*x - 5*x^2). 13
1, 4, 17, 71, 298, 1249, 5237, 21956, 92053, 385939, 1618082, 6783941, 28442233, 119246404, 499950377, 2096083151, 8788001338, 36844419769, 154473265997, 647641896836, 2715292020493, 11384085545659, 47728716739442 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; text; internal format)
OFFSET
0,2
COMMENTS
a(n) represents the number of n-move routes of a fairy chess piece starting in the central square (m = 5) on a 3 X 3 chessboard. This fairy chess piece behaves like a king on the eight side and corner squares but on the central square the king goes crazy and turns into a red king, see A179596.
The sequence above corresponds to 24 red king vectors, i.e., A[5] vectors, with decimal values 27, 30, 51, 54, 57, 60, 90, 114, 120, 147, 150, 153, 156, 177, 180, 210, 216, 240, 282, 306, 312, 402, 408 and 432. These vectors lead for the corner squares to A015523 and for the side squares to A152187.
This sequence belongs to a family of sequences with g.f. (1 + (k-4)*x)/(1 - 3*x - k*x^2). Red king sequences that are members of this family are A007483 (k= 2), A015521 (k=4), A179606 (k=5; this sequence), A154964 (k=6), A179603 (k=7) and A179599 (k=8). We observe that there is no red king sequence for k=3. Other members of this family are A006190 (k=1), A133494 (k=0) and A168616 (k=-2).
Inverse binomial transform of A052918.
The sequence b(n+1) = 6*a(n), n >= 0 with b(0)=1, is a berserker sequence, see A180147. The b(n) sequence corresponds to 16 A[5] vectors with decimal values between 111 and 492. These vectors lead for the corner squares to sequence c(n+1)=4*A179606(n), n >= 0 with c(0)=1, and for the side squares to A180140. - Johannes W. Meijer, Aug 14 2010
Equals the INVERT transform of A063782: (1, 3, 10, 32, 104, ...). Example: a(3) = 71 = (1, 1, 4, 7) dot (32, 10, 3, 1) = (32 + 10 + 12 + 17). - Gary W. Adamson, Aug 14 2010
LINKS
FORMULA
G.f.: (1+x)/(1 - 3*x - 5*x^2).
a(n) = A015523(n) + A015523(n+1).
a(n) = 3*a(n-1) + 5*a(n-2) with a(0) = 1 and a(1) = 4.
a(n) = ((29 + 7*sqrt(29))*A^(-n-1) + (29-7*sqrt(29))*B^(-n-1))/290 with A = (-3+sqrt(29))/10 and B = (-3-sqrt(29))/10
Limit_{k->oo} a(n+k)/a(k) = (-1)^(n+1)*A000351(n)*A130196(n)/(A015523(n)*sqrt(29) - A072263(n)) for n >= 1.
MAPLE
with(LinearAlgebra): nmax:=22; m:=5; A[1]:= [0, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0]: A[2]:= [1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0]: A[3]:= [0, 1, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0]: A[4]:= [1, 1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0]: A[5]:= [0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 1]: A[6]:= [0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 0, 0, 1, 1]: A[7]:= [0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 0, 1, 0]: A[8]:= [0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1]: A[9]:= [0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 0]: A:=Matrix([A[1], A[2], A[3], A[4], A[5], A[6], A[7], A[8], A[9]]): for n from 0 to nmax do B(n):=A^n: a(n):= add(B(n)[m, k], k=1..9): od: seq(a(n), n=0..nmax);
MATHEMATICA
CoefficientList[Series[(1+x)/(1-3*x-5*x^2), {x, 0, 22}], x] (* or *) LinearRecurrence[{3, 5, 0}, {1, 4}, 23] (* Indranil Ghosh, Mar 05 2017 *)
PROG
(PARI) print(Vec((1 + x)/(1- 3*x - 5*x^2) + O(x^23))); \\ Indranil Ghosh, Mar 05 2017
CROSSREFS
Cf. A179597 (central square).
Sequence in context: A136792 A188482 A364705 * A108929 A297578 A022031
KEYWORD
nonn,easy
AUTHOR
Johannes W. Meijer, Jul 28 2010
STATUS
approved

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