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A108740 On the Z^2 lattice, number of paths of length 2*p+1 that start at (1,0) and pass through the origin. 0
1, 21, 380, 6549, 110300, 1833692, 30235088, 495760277, 8096423740, 131830443644, 2141590812880, 34726805457372, 562280415840208, 9093156652690512, 146905159295338944, 2371308270156391317 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; internal format)
OFFSET

0,2

FORMULA

Define u(x, y, t) by: u(0, 0, t) = 2^t, u(x, y, 0) = 0 if (x, y) <> 0, otherwise u(x, y, t) = u(x+1, y, t-1) + u(x-1, y, t-1) + u(x, y+1, t-1) + u(x, y-1, t-1). Then a(p) = u(1, 0, 2*p+1).

EXAMPLE

a(0)=1 because there is only one path of length 1 which passes though the origin.

a(1)=21 because there are 21 paths of length 3 which pass through the origin, namely:

if the first step leads to (0,0) there are now 16 possibilities;

if the first step leads to (1,1) there are 2 possibilities;

if the first step leads to (1,-1) there are 2 possibilities;

if the first step leads to (2,0) there is only one possibility.

MAPLE

f:=proc(M, z) n:=nops(M); p:=(n+3)/2; A:=[seq(0, i=1..(n+2))]; B:=[seq(A, i=1..(n+2))]; for i from 1 to n do for j from 1 to n do B:=subsop(i+1=subsop(j= B[i+1][j] + M[i][j], B[i+1]), B); B:=subsop(i+1=subsop(j+2= B[i+1][j+2] + M[i][j], B[i+1]), B); B:=subsop(i=subsop(j+1= B[i][j+1] + M[i][j], B[i]), B); B:=subsop(i+2=subsop(j+1= B[i+2][j+1] + M[i][j], B[i+2]), B); od; od; B:=subsop(p=subsop(p= 4*z, B[p]), B); (B, 4*z) end: g:=proc(n, M, z) option remember; if n = 0 then (M, z) else f(g(n-1, M, z)) fi; end; a:=proc(n) C:=g(2*n+1, [[1]], 1); C[1][2*n+2][2*n+1]; end;

CROSSREFS

Sequence in context: A134494 A004370 A001881 * A094172 A145613 A015677

Adjacent sequences:  A108737 A108738 A108739 * A108741 A108742 A108743

KEYWORD

nonn

AUTHOR

Nussbaumer Jonathan (jonathan.nussbaumer(AT)wanadoo.fr), Jun 22 2005

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