A026519 Irregular triangular array T read by rows: T(n, k) = T(n-1, k-2) + T(n-1, k) if (n mod 2) = 0, otherwise T(n-1, k-2) + T(n-1, k-1) + T(n-1, k), with T(n, 0) = T(n, 2*n) = 1, T(n, 1) = T(n, 2*n-1) = floor((n+1)/2).

1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 1, 2, 4, 4, 4, 2, 1, 1, 2, 5, 6, 8, 6, 5, 2, 1, 1, 3, 8, 13, 19, 20, 19, 13, 8, 3, 1, 1, 3, 9, 16, 27, 33, 38, 33, 27, 16, 9, 3, 1, 1, 4, 13, 28, 52, 76, 98, 104, 98, 76, 52, 28, 13, 4, 1, 1, 4, 14, 32, 65, 104, 150, 180, 196, 180, 150, 104, 65, 32, 14, 4, 1

Offset

0,7

Comments

T(n, k) = number of integer strings s(0)..s(n) such that s(0) = 0, s(n) = n-k, |s(i) - s(i-1)| = 1 if i is even, |s(i) - s(i-1)| <= 1 if i is odd.

Links

Clark Kimberling, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..10200 (Rows 0..100, flattened) [Offset changed to 0 by Georg Fischer, Mar 01 2022]

Veronika Irvine, Lace Tessellations: A mathematical model for bobbin lace and an exhaustive combinatorial search for patterns, PhD Dissertation, University of Victoria, 2016.

Veronika Irvine, Stephen Melczer, and Frank Ruskey, Vertically constrained Motzkin-like paths inspired by bobbin lace, arXiv:1804.08725 [math.CO], 2018.

Index entries for triangles and arrays related to Pascal's triangle

Formula

T(n, k) = T(n-1, k-2) + T(n-1, k) if (n mod 2) = 0, otherwise T(n-1, k-2) + T(n-1, k-1) + T(n-1, k), with T(n, 0) = T(n, 2*n) = 1, T(n, 1) = T(n, 2*n-1) = floor((n+1)/2).

Example

First 5 rows:
1
1 ... 1 ... 1
1 ... 1 ... 2 ... 1 ... 1
1 ... 2 ... 4 ... 4 ... 4 ... 2 ... 1
1 ... 2 ... 5 ... 6 ... 8 ... 6 ... 5 ... 2 ... 1

Mathematica

z = 12; t[n_, 0]:= 1; t[n_, k_]:= 1/; k==2n; t[n_, 1]:= Floor[(n+1)/2]; t[n_, k_] := Floor[(n+1)/2] /; k==2n-1; t[n_, k_]:= t[n, k]= If[EvenQ[n], t[n-1, k-2] + t[n-1, k], t[n-1, k-2] + t[n-1, k-1] + t[n-1, k]];
u = Table[t[n, k], {n, 0, z}, {k, 0, 2n}];
TableForm[u]  (* A026519 array *)
Flatten[u] (* A026519 sequence *)

Prog

(Sage)
@CachedFunction
def T(n, k): # T = A026552
    if (k==0 or k==2*n): return 1
    elif (k==1 or k==2*n-1): return (n+1)//2
    elif (n%2==0): return T(n-1, k) + T(n-1, k-2)
    else: return T(n-1, k) + T(n-1, k-1) + T(n-1, k-2)
flatten([[T(n, k) for k in (0..2*n)] for n in (0..12)]) # G. C. Greubel, Dec 19 2021

Crossrefs

Cf. A026552, A026536, A026568, A026584, A027926.

Cf. A026520, A026521, A026522, A026523, A026524, A026525, A026526, A026527, A026528, A026529, A026530, A026531, A026533, A026534, A027262, A027263, A027264, A027265, A027266.

Sequence in context: A332648 A272896 A188919 * A025177 A026148 A117211

Adjacent sequences: A026516 A026517 A026518 * A026520 A026521 A026522

Keyword

nonn,tabf

Author

Clark Kimberling

Extensions

Updated by Clark Kimberling, Aug 29 2014

Offset changed to 0 by G. C. Greubel, Dec 19 2021

Status

approved