OFFSET
0,2
COMMENTS
[Empirical] a(base,n)=a(base-1,n)+7^(n-1) for base>=3n-2; a(base,n)=a(base-1,n)+7^(n-1)-2 when base=3n-3.
FORMULA
G.f.: (1+4*x-10*x^2-16*x^3+6*x^4+8*x^5) / (1-7*x+2*x^2+18*x^3-2*x^4-8*x^5) (conjectured). - Colin Barker, Jul 17 2017
PROG
(S/R) stvar $[N]:(0..M-1) init $[]:=0 asgn $[]->{*} kill +[i in 0..N-2](($[i]`-$[i+1]`>3)+($[i+1]`-$[i]`>3))
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,base
AUTHOR
R. H. Hardin, Dec 27 2006
STATUS
approved