A026003 a(n) = T([n/2],[(n+1)/2]), where T = Delannoy triangle (A008288).

1, 1, 3, 5, 13, 25, 63, 129, 321, 681, 1683, 3653, 8989, 19825, 48639, 108545, 265729, 598417, 1462563, 3317445, 8097453, 18474633, 45046719, 103274625, 251595969, 579168825, 1409933619, 3256957317, 7923848253, 18359266785, 44642381823

Offset

0,3

Comments

Number of lattice paths from (0,0) to the line x=n consisting of U=(1,1), D=(1,-1) and H=(2,0) steps and never going below the x-axis (i.e. left factors of Schroeder paths); for example, a(3)=5, counting the paths UUU,UUD,UDU,HU and UH. - Emeric Deutsch, Oct 27 2002

Transform of A001405 by |A049310(n,k)|, that is, transform of central binomial coefficients C(n,floor(n/2)) by Chebyshev mapping which takes a sequence with g.f. g(x) to the sequence with g.f. (1/(1-x^2))g(x/(1-x^2)). - Paul Barry, Jul 30 2005

The Kn1p sums, p >= 1, see A180662, of the Schroeder triangle A033877 (offset 0) are all related to A026003, e.g. Kn11(n) = A026003(n), Kn12(n) = A026003(n+2) - 1, Kn13(n) = A026003(n+4) - (2*n+7), Kn14(n) = A026003(n+6) - (2*n^2+18*n+41), Kn15(n) = A026003(n+8) - (4*n^3+66*n^2+368*n+693)/3, etc.. - Johannes W. Meijer, Jul 15 2013

References

L. Ericksen, Lattice path combinatorics for multiple product identities, J. Stat. Plan. Infer. 140 (2010) 2213-2226 doi:10.1016/j.jspi.2010.01.017

Lin Yang and S.-L. Yang, The parametric Pascal rhombus. Fib. Q., 57:4 (2019), 337-346.

Links

Vincenzo Librandi, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..200

Axel Bacher, Improving the Florentine algorithms: recovering algorithms for Motzkin and Schröder paths, arXiv:1802.06030 [cs.DS], 2018.

Paul Barry, The Central Coefficients of a Family of Pascal-like Triangles and Colored Lattice Paths, J. Int. Seq., Vol. 22 (2019), Article 19.1.3.

Li-Hua Deng, Eva Y. P. Deng and Louis W. Shapiro,The Riordan Group and Symmetric Lattice Paths, arXiv:0906.1844v1 [math.CO], 2009.

Formula

G.f.: (sqrt((x^2-2*x-1)/(x^2+2*x-1))-1)/2/x. - Vladeta Jovovic, Apr 27 2003

a(n) = Sum_{k=0..floor(n/2)} C(n-k, k)*C(n-2k, floor((n-2k)/2)). - Paul Barry, Jul 30 2005

From Paul Barry, Mar 01 2010: (Start)

G.f.: 1/(1-x-2x^2/(1-x^2/(1-2x^2/(1-x^2/(1-2x^2/(1-... (continued fraction),

G.f.: 1/(1-x-x^2-x^2/(1-x^2-x^2/(1-x^2-x^2/(1-x^2-x^2/(1-... (continued fraction). (End)

D-finite with recurrence (n+1)*a(n) -2*a(n-1) +6*(-n+1)*a(n-2) -2*a(n-3) +(n-3)*a(n-4)=0. - R. J. Mathar, Nov 30 2012

a(n) ~ (1+sqrt(2))^(n+1) / (2^(3/4) * sqrt(Pi*n)). - Vaclav Kotesovec, Feb 13 2014

Maple

A026003 :=n -> add(binomial(n-k, k) * binomial(n-2*k, floor((n-2*k)/2)), k=0..floor(n/2)): seq(A026003(n), n=0..30); # Johannes W. Meijer, Jul 15 2013

Mathematica

CoefficientList[Series[(Sqrt[(x^2-2*x-1)/(x^2+2*x-1)]-1)/2/x, {x, 0, 20}], x] (* Vaclav Kotesovec, Feb 13 2014 *)

Crossrefs

Bisections are the central Delannoy numbers A001850 and A002002 respectively.

Sequence in context: A110494 A098615 A026720 * A103792 A076156 A339984

Adjacent sequences: A026000 A026001 A026002 * A026004 A026005 A026006

Keyword

nonn,easy

Author

Clark Kimberling

Status

approved