OFFSET
1,2
COMMENTS
Sum of pyramid weights of all nondecreasing Dyck paths of semilength n. (A pyramid in a Dyck word (path) is a factor of the form U^h D^h, where U=(1,1), D=(1,-1) and h is the height of the pyramid. A pyramid in a Dyck word w is maximal if, as a factor in w, it is not immediately preceded by a u and immediately followed by a d. The pyramid weight of a Dyck path (word) is the sum of the heights of its maximal pyramids.) Example: a(4) = 46. Indeed, there are 14 Dyck paths of semilength 4. One of them, namely UUDUDDUD is not nondecreasing because the valleys are at heights 1 and 0. The other 13, with the maximal pyramids shown between parentheses, are: (UD)(UD)(UD)(UD), (UD)(UD)(UUDD), (UD)(UUDD)(UD), (UD)U(UD)(UD)D, (UD)(UUUDDD), (UUDD)(UD)(UD), (UUDD)(UUDD), (UUUDDD)(UD), U(UD)(UD)(UD)D, U(UD)(UUDD)D, U(UUDD)(UD)D, UU(UD)(UD)DD and (UUUUDDDD). The pyramid weights of these paths are 4, 4, 4, 3, 4, 4, 4, 4, 3, 3, 3, 2, and 4, respectively. Their sum is 46. a(n) = Sum_{k = 1..n} k*A121462(n, k). - Emeric Deutsch, Jul 31 2006
Number of 1s in all compositions of n, where compositions are understood with two different kinds of 1s, say 1 and 1' (n >= 1). Example: a(2) = 4 because the compositions of 2 are 11, 11', 1'1, 1'1', 2, having a total of 2 + 1 + 1 + 0 + 0 = 4 1s. Also number of k's in all compositions of n + k (k = 2, 3, ...). - Emeric Deutsch, Jul 21 2008
From Petros Hadjicostas, Jun 24 2019: (Start)
If c = (c(m): m >= 1) is the input sequence and b_k = (b_k(n): n >= 1) is the output sequence under the AIK[k] = INVERT[k] transform (see Bower's web link below), then the bivariate g.f. of the list of sequences (b_k: k >= 1) = ((b_k(n): n >= 1): k >= 1) is Sum_{n, k >= 1} b_k(n)*x^n*y^k = y*C(x)/(1 - y*C(x)), where C(x) = Sum_{m >= 1} c(m)*x^m is the g.f. of the input sequence.
Here, b_k(n) is the number of all (linear) compositions of n with k parts where a part of size m is colored with one of c(m) colors. Thus, Sum_{k = 1..n} k*b_k(n) is the total number of parts in all compositions of n.
If we differentiate the bivariate g.f. function above, i.e., Sum_{n, k >= 1} b_k(n)*x^n*y^k, with respect to y and set y = 1, we get the g.f. of the sequence (Sum_{k = 1..n} k*b_k(n): n >= 1). It is C(x)/(1 - C(x))^2.
When c(m) = m for all m >= 1, we have m-color compositions of n that were first studied by Agarwal (2000). The cyclic version of these m-color compositions were studied by Gibson (2017) and Gibson et al. (2018).
When c(m) = m for each m >= 1, we have C(x) = x/(1 - x)^2, and so C(x)/(1 - C(x))^2 = x * (1 - x)^2/(1 - 3*x + x^2)^2, which is the g.f. of the current sequence.
Hence, a(n) is the total number of parts in all m-color compositions of n (in the sense of Agarwal (2000)).
(End)
Series reversal gives A153294 starting from index 1, with alternating signs: 1, -4, 18, -86, 427, -2180, ... - Vladimir Reshetnikov, Aug 03 2019
REFERENCES
R. P. Grimaldi, Compositions and the alternate Fibonacci numbers, Congressus Numerantium, 186, 2007, 81-96.
LINKS
T. D. Noe, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..200
A. K. Agarwal, n-colour compositions, Indian J. Pure Appl. Math. 31 (11) (2000), 1421-1427.
E. Barcucci, A. Del Lungo, S. Fezzi, and R. Pinzani, Nondecreasing Dyck paths and q-Fibonacci numbers, Discrete Math., 170 (1997), 211-217.
C. G. Bower, Transforms (2).
R. X. F. Chen and L. W. Shapiro, On sequences G(n) satisfying G(n)=(d+2)G(n-1)-G(n-2), J. Integer Seq. 10 (2007), Article #07.8.1; see Proposition 17.
É. Czabarka, R. Flórez, and L. Junes, Some Enumerations on Non-Decreasing Dyck Paths, Electron. J. Combin., 22(1) (2015), #P1.3.
É. Czabarka, R. Flórez, and L. Junes, A Discrete Convolution on the Generalized Hosoya Triangle, J. Integer Seq., 18 (2015), Article #15.1.6.
Éva Czabarka, Rigoberto Flórez, Leandro Junes, and José L. Ramírez, Enumerations of peaks and valleys on non-decreasing Dyck paths, Discrete Math. 341 (10) (2018), 2789-2807.
A. Denise and R. Simion, Two combinatorial statistics on Dyck paths, Discrete Math., 137 (1995), 155-176.
Meghann Moriah Gibson, Combinatorics of compositions, Master of Science, Georgia Southern University, 2017.
Meghann Moriah Gibson, Daniel Gray, and Hua Wang, Combinatorics of n-color compositions, Discrete Mathematics 341 (2018), 3209-3226.
Milan Janjic, Hessenberg Matrices and Integer Sequences, J. Integer Seq. 13 (2010), Article #10.7.8.
N. J. A. Sloane, Transforms.
Index entries for linear recurrences with constant coefficients, signature (6,-11,6,-1).
FORMULA
a(n) = -a(-n) = (2n * F(2n+1) + (2 - n) * F(2n))/5 with F(n) = A000045(n) (Fibonacci numbers).
G.f.: x * (1 - x)^2/(1 - 3*x + x^2)^2.
a(n) = Sum_{k = 1..n} k*C(n + k - 1, 2*k - 1).
a(n) = (2/5)*F(2*n) + (1/5)*n*L(2*n), where F(k) are the Fibonacci numbers (F(0)=0, F(1)=1) and L(k) are the Lucas numbers (L(0) = 2, L(1) = 1). - Emeric Deutsch, Jul 21 2008
a(0) = 1, a(1) = 4, a(2) = 14, a(3) = 46, a(n) = 6*a(n-1) - 11*a(n-2) + 6*a(n-3) - a(n-4). - Harvey P. Dale, Aug 01 2011
a(n) = ((3 - sqrt(5))^n*(5*n - 2*sqrt(5)) + (3 + sqrt(5))^n*(5*n + 2*sqrt(5)))/ (25*2^n). - Peter Luschny, Mar 07 2022
EXAMPLE
From Petros Hadjicostas, Jun 24 2019: (Start)
Recall that with m-color compositions, a part of size m may be colored with one of m colors.
We have a(1) = 1 because we only have one colored composition, namely 1_1, that has only 1 part.
We have a(2) = 4 because we have the following colored compositions of n = 2: 2_1, 2_2, 1_1 + 1_1; hence, a(2) = 1 + 1 + 2 = 4.
We have a(3) = 14 because we have the following colored compositions of n = 3: 3_1, 3_2, 3_3, 1_1 + 2_1, 1_1 + 2_2, 2_1 + 1_1, 2_2 + 1_1, 1_1 + 1_1 + 1_1; hence, a(3) = 1 + 1 + 1 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 3 = 14.
We have a(14) = 46 because we have the following colored compositions of n = 4:
(i) 4_1, 4_2, 4_3, 4_4; with a total of 4 parts.
(ii) 1_1 + 3_1, 1_1 + 3_2, 1_1 + 3_3, 3_1 + 1_1, 3_2 + 1_1, 3_3 + 1_1, 2_1 + 2_1, 2_1 + 2_2, 2_2 + 2_1, 2_2 + 2_2; with a total of 2 x 10 = 20 parts.
(iii) 1_1 + 1_1 + 2_1, 1_1 + 1_1 + 2_2, 1_1 + 2_1 + 1_1, 1_1 + 2_2 + 1_1, 2_1 + 1_1 + 1_1, 2_2 + 1_1 + 1_1; with a total of 3 x 6 = 18 parts.
(iv) 1_1 + 1_1 + 1_1 + 1_1; with a total of 4 parts.
Hence, a(4) = 4 + 20 + 18 + 4 = 46.
(End)
MAPLE
with(combinat): L[0]:=2: L[1]:=1: for n from 2 to 60 do L[n]:=L[n-1] +L[n-2] end do: seq(2*fibonacci(2*n)*1/5+(1/5)*n*L[2*n], n=1..30); # Emeric Deutsch, Jul 21 2008
MATHEMATICA
Table[Sum[k Binomial[n+k-1, 2k-1], {k, n}], {n, 30}] (* or *) LinearRecurrence[ {6, -11, 6, -1}, {1, 4, 14, 46}, 30] (* Harvey P. Dale, Aug 01 2011 *)
PROG
(PARI) a(n)=(2*n*fibonacci(2*n+1)+(2-n)*fibonacci(2*n))/5
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,nice,easy
AUTHOR
EXTENSIONS
Name clarified using a comment of the author by Peter Luschny, Aug 03 2019
STATUS
approved