OFFSET
1,4
COMMENTS
Number of colorings of the grid graph P_n X P_k using a maximum of 8 colors up to permutation of the colors. - Andrew Howroyd, Jun 26 2017
LINKS
Andrew Howroyd, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..276 (terms 1..71 from R. H. Hardin)
EXAMPLE
Table starts
.....1............1..................2......................5
.....1............4.................34....................500
.....2...........34...............2051.................269940
.....5..........500.............269940..............319608038
....15........10867...........54381563...........481871809749
....52.......313132........13088156547........769126451071174
...203.....10856948......3352514013159....1243368053336112649
...877....418689772....876632051686733.2015791720035206825303
..4139..17067989413.230783525290600476
.21110.715189507700
...
Some solutions with values 0 to 7 for n=5, k=3:
..0..1..0....0..1..0....0..1..0....0..1..0....0..1..0....0..1..0....0..1..0
..1..2..1....1..0..1....1..2..1....1..0..2....1..0..2....1..2..3....1..2..3
..3..0..2....2..3..4....3..4..2....3..4..5....3..4..5....0..1..4....0..4..5
..2..4..5....5..4..3....5..6..1....5..3..6....6..7..0....5..6..7....1..5..1
..1..6..7....6..0..7....6..7..2....7..4..2....3..0..3....7..0..5....6..7..4
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,tabl
AUTHOR
R. H. Hardin, Oct 31 2011
STATUS
approved