HMMT 2012 U20
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Let be the maximum number of bishops that can be placed on the squares of a chessboard such that no two bishops are attacking each other. Let be the number of ways to put bishops on an chessboard such that no two bishops are attacking each other. Find . (Two bishops are considered to be attacking each other if they lie on the same diagonal. Equivalently, if we label the squares with coordinates , with , then the bishops on and are attacking each other if and only if .)
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