Minimal DFA: Number of states I am trying to solve a problem with regards to a DFA. What is the minimal number of states for the following language:

$$L:=\{x\in\{a,b\}^n\ \ | \ \ |x|_a=|x|_b\}$$

where $|x|_a$ denotes the amount of $a$'s in the word $x$. I have done some calculations and got $3\cdot2^{(n/2)}-1$. Is this the correct number of states?

Here is the DFA for $n=4$:
Hint. Your answer is plain wrong. First, it trivially does not work if $n$ is odd. But it is also wrong if $n$ is even (except for $n = 2$). Just compute the minimal automaton of $\{aabb,abab,abba,baab,baba,bbaa\}$ to be convinced. Your formula gives $3\cdot 2^2 - 1 = 11$ states but the minimal automaton only has $10$ states.