A182796 Number of n-colorings of the 11 X 11 X 11 triangular grid.

0, 0, 0, 6, 894839431299072, 2669547726944484045356192220, 3453061562403499837458734621479403520, 32534816367748624110581496623513688165161250, 13865643738325095813931525301368809527451487174656, 719243085838104840090332816450418348485262159478161912

Offset

0,4

Comments

The 11 X 11 X 11 triangular grid has 11 rows with k vertices in row k. Each vertex is connected to the neighbors in the same row and up to two vertices in each of the neighboring rows. The graph has 66 vertices and 165 edges altogether.

Links

Alois P. Heinz, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..1000

Wikipedia, Chromatic polynomial

Wikipedia, Triangular grid graph

Index entries for linear recurrences with constant coefficients, signature (67, -2211, 47905, -766480, 9657648, -99795696, 869648208, -6522361560, 42757703560, -247994680648, 1285063345176, -5996962277488, 25371763481680, -97862516286480, 345780890878896, -1123787895356412, 3371363686069236, -9364899127970100, 24151581961607100, -57963796707857040, 129728497393775280, -271250494550621040, 530707489338171600, -972963730453314600, 1673497616379701112, -2703342303382594104, 4105075349580976232, -5864393356544251760, 7886597962249166160, -9989690752182277136, 11923179284862717872, -13413576695470557606, 14226520737620288370, -14226520737620288370, 13413576695470557606, -11923179284862717872, 9989690752182277136, -7886597962249166160, 5864393356544251760, -4105075349580976232, 2703342303382594104, -1673497616379701112, 972963730453314600, -530707489338171600, 271250494550621040, -129728497393775280, 57963796707857040, -24151581961607100, 9364899127970100, -3371363686069236, 1123787895356412, -345780890878896, 97862516286480, -25371763481680, 5996962277488, -1285063345176, 247994680648, -42757703560, 6522361560, -869648208, 99795696, -9657648, 766480, -47905, 2211, -67, 1).

Formula

a(n) = n^66 -165*n^65 + ... (see Maple program).

Maple

a:= n-> n^66 -165*n^65 +13430*n^64 -718830*n^63 +28457415*n^62 -888623847*n^61 +22794225600*n^60 -493911980736*n^59 +9226616834936*n^58 -150915853835753*n^57 +2187810200892517*n^56 -28386731631190882*n^55 +332304034158619019*n^54 -3533226535570171926*n^53 +34313909582632869954*n^52 -305856530408381979601*n^51 +2512508789703297897295*n^50 -19089408783899171447224*n^49 +134562619568457264195163*n^48
-882441314560383975170374*n^47 +5396523102436821589146163*n^46 -30840476493483204890335403*n^45 +165009710808610594759616084*n^44 -827914124972290242846288614*n^43 +3900932089129512379033249682*n^42 -17282292209365903724659563631*n^41 +72070311947250436580694965993*n^40 -283166145176179540399078790292*n^39 +1049069241527084408399974095750*n^38 -3667220337345620153484655187124*n^37
+12102613021744672034697503592240*n^36 -37724138339405445177425698342523*n^35 +111095760575994820098618163390207*n^34 -309176068977052084408729303614893*n^33 +813185481965001199040935097964080*n^32 -2021374436814237148012243424806903*n^31 +4748186561462311698450896683155065*n^30 -10537422803434213322732080981201161*n^29 +22086052643134325938087794218181024*n^28
-43699620756746667796067005960087177*n^27 +81574844104346290652888156183655294*n^26 -143561350684851401447755384461673931*n^25 +237980280375008015726322556682052877*n^24 -371206816676060485457461990985198956*n^23 +544170012342342058668596490042636752*n^22 -748657464524219415245225971665770397*n^21 +965053026942268357862711436169935542*n^20 -1163371795450218690971885318270471694*n^19
+1308697520027710079307786302348771339*n^18 -1370319041971898252774123231153226918*n^17 +1331690339384350939067376866415236621*n^16 -1197068569703716329028295302490292938*n^15 +991428141596470240524919848774681738*n^14 -753054945934102362521837371999863872*n^13 +521731607147367465356546993487963024*n^12 -327563800253835254381288187488707872*n^11 +184908996556501805959894731292086336*n^10
-92949398227453879699243734196772032*n^9 +41108507052047410428558518243062272*n^8 -15751620136596962785464735723309056*n^7 +5123987337580699585298644858115072*n^6 -1376145015411556644420090237028352*n^5 +292997762191812894902503923634176*n^4 -46372215676408895763951507652608*n^3 +4850060647318928018465677025280*n^2 -251433237032021534887746912256*n:
seq(a(n), n=0..12);

Crossrefs

11th column of A182797. Cf. A178435, A182798, A182788, A182789, A182790, A182791, A182792, A182793, A182794, A182795.

Sequence in context: A182794 A072240 A182795 * A079683 A115528 A354995

Adjacent sequences: A182793 A182794 A182795 * A182797 A182798 A182799

Keyword

nonn,easy

Author

Alois P. Heinz, Dec 02 2010

Status

approved