OFFSET
0,2
COMMENTS
LINKS
Robert Israel, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..828
D. Merlini, R. Sprugnoli and M. C. Verri, The tennis ball problem, J. Combin. Theory, A 99 (2002), 307-344.
Rui Duarte and António Guedes de Oliveira, Short note on the convolution of binomial coefficients, arXiv:1302.2100 [math.CO], 2013.
FORMULA
a(n) = 5/8*(3125/256)^n*(1+c/sqrt(n)+o(n^-1/2)) where c=0.356...
c = sqrt(2)/sqrt(5*Pi) = 0.3568248232305542229... - Vaclav Kotesovec, May 25 2020
a(n) = sum(k=0,n,binomial(5*k+l,k)*binomial(5*(n-k)-l,n-k)) for every real number l. - Rui Duarte and António Guedes de Oliveira, Feb 16 2013
a(n) = sum(k=0,n,4^(n-k)*binomial(5n+1,k)). - Rui Duarte and António Guedes de Oliveira, Feb 17 2013
a(n) = sum(k=0,n,5^(n-k)*binomial(4n+k,k)). - Rui Duarte and António Guedes de Oliveira, Feb 17 2013
G.f.: hypergeom([1/5, 2/5, 3/5, 4/5], [1/4, 1/2, 3/4], (3125/256)*x)^2 satisfies
((3125/2)*g^3*x^4-128*g^3*x^3)*g''''+((-3125*g^2*x^4+256*g^2*x^3)*g'+12500*g^3*x^3-576*g^3*x^2)*g'''+(-(9375/4)*g^2*x^4+192*g^2*x^3)*g''^2+(((28125/4)*g*x^4-576*g*x^3)*(g')^2+(-18750*g^2*x^3+864*g^2*x^2)*g'+22500*g^3*x^2-408*g^3*x)*g''+(-(46875/16)*x^4+240*x^3)*(g')^4+(9375*g*x^3-432*g*x^2)*(g')^3+(-11250*g^2*x^2+204*g^2*x)*(g')^2+(7500*g^3*x-12*g^3)*g'+120*g^4 = 0. - Robert Israel, Jul 16 2015
MAPLE
seq(add(binomial(5*k, k)*binomial(5*(n-k), n-k), k=0..n), n=0..30); # Robert Israel, Jul 16 2015
MATHEMATICA
m = 5; Table[Sum[Binomial[m k, k] Binomial[m (n - k), n - k], {k, 0, n}], {n, 0, 17}] (* Michael De Vlieger, Sep 30 2015 *)
PROG
(PARI) main(size)=my(k, n, m=5); concat(1, vector(size, n, sum(k=0, n, binomial(m*k, k)*binomial(m*(n-k), n-k)))) \\ Anders Hellström, Jul 16 2015
(PARI) a(n) = sum(k=0, n, 4^(n-k)*binomial(5*n+1, k));
vector(30, n, a(n-1)) \\ Altug Alkan, Sep 30 2015
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Benoit Cloitre, Jan 26 2003
STATUS
approved