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The number of 5-alternating permutations of [n].
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%I #16 Jun 24 2015 06:40:04

%S 1,1,1,2,3,4,5,29,133,412,1041,2300,22991,170832,822198,3114489,

%T 10006375,141705439,1457872978,9522474417,48094772656,202808749375,

%U 3716808948931,48860589990687,403131250565618,2545098156762649,13287626090593750

%N The number of 5-alternating permutations of [n].

%C A sequence a(1), a(2),... is called k-alternating if a(i) > a(i+1) iff i=1 (mod k).

%H Alois P. Heinz, <a href="/A250260/b250260.txt">Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..500</a>

%H R. P. Stanley, <a href="http://arxiv.org/abs/0912.4240">A survey of alternating permutations</a>, arXiv:0912.4240, page 17.

%p # dowupP defined in A250259.

%p A250260 :=proc(n)

%p downupP(n,4) ;

%p end proc:

%p seq(A250260(n),n=0..20) ;

%p # second Maple program:

%p b:= proc(u, o, t) option remember; `if`(u+o=0, 1,

%p `if`(t=1, add(b(u-j, o+j-1, irem(t+1, 5)), j=1..u),

%p add(b(u+j-1, o-j, irem(t+1, 5)), j=1..o)))

%p end:

%p a:= n-> b(0, n, 0):

%p seq(a(n), n=0..35); # _Alois P. Heinz_, Nov 15 2014

%t b[u_, o_, t_] := b[u, o, t] = If[u+o == 0, 1, If[t == 1, Sum[b[u-j, o+j-1, Mod[t+1, 5]], {j, 1, u}], Sum[b[u+j-1, o-j, Mod[t+1, 5]], {j, 1, o}]]]; a[n_] := b[0, n, 0]; Table[a[n], {n, 0, 35}] (* _Jean-François Alcover_, Jun 24 2015, after _Alois P. Heinz_ *)

%Y Cf. A065619 (2-alternating), A249402 (3-alternating), A250259 (4-alternating).

%Y Column k=5 of A250261.

%K nonn

%O 0,4

%A _R. J. Mathar_, Nov 15 2014