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A145602
a(n) is the number of walks from (0,0) to (0,3) that remain in the upper half-plane y >= 0 using 2*n +1 unit steps either up (U), down (D), left (L) or right (R).
5
1, 24, 392, 5760, 81675, 1145144, 16032016, 225059328, 3173688180, 44986664800, 641087516256, 9183622822400, 132211882468575, 1912322889603000, 27781440618420000, 405248874740582400, 5933888308457316900
OFFSET
1,2
COMMENTS
Cf. A000891, which enumerates walks in the upper half-plane starting and finishing at the origin. See also A145600, A145601 and A145603. This sequence is the central column taken from the triangle A145598, which enumerates walks in the upper half-plane starting at the origin and finishing on the horizontal line y = 3.
LINKS
R. K. Guy, Catwalks, sandsteps and Pascal pyramids, J. Integer Sequences, Vol. 3 (2000), Article #00.1.6
FORMULA
a(n) = 2/(n+1)*binomial(2*n+2,n+3)*binomial(2*n+2,n-1).
MAPLE
with(combinat):
a(n) = 2/(n+1)*binomial(2*n+2, n+3)*binomial(2*n+2, n-1);
seq(a(n), n = 1..19);
KEYWORD
easy,nonn
AUTHOR
Peter Bala, Oct 15 2008
STATUS
approved