A316989 Irregular triangle read by rows: row n consists of the coefficients in the expansion of the polynomial (x^2 + 4*x + 3)*(x + 1)^(2*n) + (x^2 - 1)*(x^2 + 3*x + 3).

0, 1, 3, 3, 1, 0, 7, 14, 9, 2, 0, 13, 37, 43, 26, 8, 1, 0, 19, 72, 129, 141, 98, 42, 10, 1, 0, 25, 119, 291, 463, 504, 378, 192, 63, 12, 1, 0, 31, 178, 553, 1156, 1716, 1848, 1452, 825, 330, 88, 14, 1, 0, 37, 249, 939, 2432, 4576, 6435, 6864, 5577, 3432, 1573

Offset

0,3

Comments

The triangle is related to the Kauffman bracket polynomial evaluated at the shadow diagram of the two-bridge knot with Conway's notation C(2n,3).

Links

Table of n, a(n) for n=0..60.

Ji-Young Ham and Joongul Lee, An explicit formula for the A-polynomial of the knot with Conway’s notation C(2n,3), Journal of Knot Theory and Its Ramifications 25 (2016), 1-9.

Ryo Hanaki, On scannable properties of the original knot from a knot shadow, Topology and its Applications 194 (2015), 296-305.

Bin Lu and Jianyuan K. Zhong, The Kauffman Polynomials of 2-bridge Knots, arXiv:math/0606114 [math.GT], 2006.

Formula

T(n,1) = A016921(n) and T(n,k) = C(2*n+3,k+1) + (C(2*n+1,k)*(2*k - 2*n) + C(4,k)*(2*k - 3))/(k + 1) for k > 1.

T(n,2) = A173247(2*n+1) = A300401(2*n,3).

T(n,3) = 2*A099721(n) + 3.

T(n,4) = A244730(n) - A002412(n) + 1.

T(n,k) = A093560(2*n,k) for n > 2 and k > 4.

G.f.: (x^2 + 4*x + 3)/(1 - y*(x + 1)^2) + (x^4 + 3*x^3 + 2*x^2 - 3*x - 3)/(1 - y).

Example

The triangle T(n,k) begins:
n\k| 0   1    2    3     4     5     9     7     8     9    10   11   12  13 14
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
0  | 0   1    3    3     1
1  | 0   7   14    9     2
2  | 0  13   37   43    26     8     1
3  | 0  19   72  129   141    98    42    10     1
4  | 0  25  119  291   463   504   378   192    63    12     1
5  | 0  31  178  553  1156  1716  1848  1452   825   330    88   14    1
6  | 0  37  249  939  2432  4576  6435  6864  5577  3432  1573  520  117  16  1
...

Maple

T := proc (n, k) if k = 1 then 6*n + 1 else binomial(2*n + 3, k + 1) + (binomial(2*n + 1, k)*(2*k - 2*n) + binomial(4, k)*(2*k - 3))/(k + 1) end if end proc:
for n from 0 to 12 do seq(T(n, k), k = 0 .. max(4, 2*(n + 1))) od;

Mathematica

row[n_] := CoefficientList[(x^2 + 4*x + 3)*(x + 1)^(2*n) + (x^2 - 1)*(x^2 + 3*x + 3), x];
Array[row, 12, 0] // Flatten

Prog

(Maxima)
T(n, k) := binomial(2*n + 3, k + 1) + (binomial(2*n + 1, k)*(2*k - 2*n) + binomial(4, k)*(2*k - 3))/(k + 1) - kron_delta(1, k)$
for n:0 thru 12 do print(makelist(T(n, k), k, 0, max(4, 2*(n + 1))));

Crossrefs

Row sums: 4*A004171.

Cf. A093560, A137396, A299989, A300184, A300192, A300453, A300454, A316659.

Sequence in context: A295848 A226785 A245974 * A135009 A092747 A355870

Adjacent sequences: A316986 A316987 A316988 * A316990 A316991 A316992

Keyword

nonn,tabf

Author

Franck Maminirina Ramaharo, Jul 18 2018

Status

approved