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A252697
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Number of strings of length n over a 4-letter alphabet that do not begin with a palindrome.
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9
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0, 4, 12, 36, 132, 492, 1932, 7596, 30252, 120516, 481572, 1924356, 7695492, 30774372, 123089892, 492329316, 1969287012, 7877027532, 31507989612, 126031476876, 504125425932, 2016499779372, 8065997193132, 32263981077036, 129055916612652, 516223635676236
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OFFSET
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0,2
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COMMENTS
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4 divides a(n) for all n.
lim n -> infinity a(n)/4^n ~ 0.458498674725575 is the probability that a random, infinite string over a 4-letter alphabet does not begin with a palindrome.
This sequence gives the number of walks on K_4 with loops that do not begin with a palindromic sequence.
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FORMULA
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EXAMPLE
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For n = 3, the first 10 of the a(3) = 36 solutions are (in lexicographic order) 011, 012, 013, 021, 022, 023, 031, 032, 033, 100.
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PROG
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(Ruby) seq = [1, 0]; (2..N).each { |i| seq << 4 * seq[i-1] + 4**((i+1)/2) - seq[(i+1)/2] }; seq = seq.each_with_index.collect { |a, i| 4**i - a }
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CROSSREFS
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A249629 gives the number of strings of length n over a 4-letter alphabet that DO begin with a palindrome.
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KEYWORD
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easy,nonn,walk
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STATUS
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approved
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