A005569 Number of walks on square lattice. (Formerly M3654)

4, 34, 308, 3024, 31680, 349206, 4008004, 47530912, 579058896, 7215393640, 91644262864, 1183274479040, 15497363512800, 205519758825150, 2755739674246500, 37314861293793600, 509727100259638800

Offset

1,1

References

N. J. A. Sloane and Simon Plouffe, The Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1995 (includes this sequence).

Links

Table of n, a(n) for n=1..17.

R. K. Guy, Letter to N. J. A. Sloane, May 1990

R. K. Guy, Catwalks, sandsteps and Pascal pyramids, J. Integer Sequences, Vol. 3 (2000), Article #00.1.6.

Formula

G.f.: 4_F_3 ( [ 2, 17/5, 5/2, 3/2 ]; [ 4, 5, 12/5 ];16 x ).

a(n)(n-1)(n+2)(n+3)(5n+2) = a(n-1)4n(2n-1)(2n+1)(5n+7), n>1. - Michael Somos, Mar 04 2003

Prog

(PARI) a(n)=4*if(n<2, n==1, a(n-1)*n*(2*n-1)*(2*n+1)*(5*n+7)/((n-1)*(n+2)*(n+3)*(5*n+2)))

Crossrefs

Sequence in context: A346936 A356286 A036352 * A370171 A232910 A208215

Adjacent sequences: A005566 A005567 A005568 * A005570 A005571 A005572

Keyword

nonn,walk,easy

Author

N. J. A. Sloane

Status

approved