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A268401
Number of North-East lattice paths from (0,0) to (n,n) that bounce off the diagonal y = x to the right exactly three times.
1
1, 6, 31, 146, 655, 2850, 12148, 51028, 212039, 873870, 3578404, 14578576, 59149381, 239177006, 964439355, 3879856458, 15577609711, 62439489346, 249917575553, 999080441830, 3989726087031, 15917901326330, 63457122234055, 252796365476922, 1006456231070795, 4004838954237250, 15928299669867291
OFFSET
4,2
COMMENTS
This sequence is related to paired pattern P_2 in Pan and Remmel's link.
By symmetry, it is also the number of North-East lattice paths from (0,0) to (n,n) that bounce off the diagonal y = x to the left exactly three times.
LINKS
Ran Pan and Jeffrey B. Remmel, Paired patterns in lattice paths, arXiv:1601.07988 [math.CO], 2016.
FORMULA
G.f.: -((-1 + f(x))^4*x^2*(-1 + f(x) + 2*x))/(2*(1 - f(x) + (-5 + f(x))*x)^4), where f(x) = sqrt(1 - 4*x).
CROSSREFS
Cf. A268400.
Sequence in context: A094951 A099621 A291002 * A346226 A240879 A056015
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Ran Pan, Feb 03 2016
STATUS
approved