Counting lattice paths by Narayana polynomials.
Previous work on counting maximal independent sets for paths and certain 2-dimensional grids is extended in two directions: 3-dimensional grid graphs are included and, for some/any ℓ ∈ N, maximal distance-ℓ independent (or simply: maximal ℓ-independent) sets are counted for some grids. The transfer matrix method has been adapted and successfully applied
The paper deals with counting sets of given magnitude whose elements are self-avoiding paths with nodes from a fixed set of points on a circle. Some of the obtained formulae provide new properties of entries in ``The On-line Encyclopaedia of Integer Sequences", while others generate new entries therein.