I don't want \(101\) and \(111\).

Discrete Mathematics Level 5

Let \(a_{n}\) be the number of words of \(0-1\) strings of length \(n\) such that neither \(101\) nor \(111\) occur as 3-digit blocks. Find \(a_{16}\).

Note: This is an old IMO problem.

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