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2022 Combinatorics 7

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March 18, 2022
combinatorics

Problem Statement

Let S={(x,y)Z20x11,0y9}S = \{(x, y) \in Z^2 | 0 \le x \le 11, 0\le y \le 9\}. Compute the number of sequences (s0,s1,...,sn)(s_0, s_1, . . . , s_n) of elements in SS (for any positive integer n2n \ge 2) that satisfy the following conditions: \bullet s0=(0,0)s_0 = (0, 0) and s1=(1,0)s_1 = (1, 0), \bullet s0,s1,...,sns_0, s_1, . . . , s_n are distinct, \bullet for all integers 2in2 \le i \le n, sis_i is obtained by rotating si2s_{i-2} about si1s_{i-1} by either 90o90^o or 180o180^o in the clockwise direction.