A300388 The number of paths of length 11*n from the origin to the line y = 2*x/9 with unit East and North steps that stay below the line or touch it.

1, 5, 345, 35246, 4255288, 563796161, 79264265868, 11612106079203, 1753402118587333, 270965910076404428, 42648418241303137766, 6813002989827352100145, 1101807202785456951146158, 180034116076502209139781574, 29677341363243548521326632028, 4929368173228370040701922315332

Offset

0,2

Comments

Equivalent to nonnegative walks from (0,0) to (11*n,0) with step set [1,2], [1,-9].

Links

Table of n, a(n) for n=0..15.

M. T. L. Bizley, Derivation of a new formula for the number of minimal lattice paths from (0, 0) to (km, kn) having just t contacts with the line my = nx and having no points above this line; and a proof of Grossman's formula for the number of paths which may touch but do not rise above this line, Journal of the Institute of Actuaries, Vol. 80, No. 1 (1954): 55-62. [Cached copy]

Bryan Ek, Lattice Walk Enumeration, arXiv:1803.10920 [math.CO], 2018.

Bryan Ek, Unimodal Polynomials and Lattice Walk Enumeration with Experimental Mathematics, arXiv:1804.05933 [math.CO], 2018.

Formula

G.f. satisfies: f = f^55*t^5 + 4*f^46*t^4 - f^45*t^4 + 5*f^44*t^4 + 6*f^37*t^3 - 3*f^36*t^3 + 12*f^35*t^3 - 4*f^34*t^3 + 10*f^33*t^3 + 4*f^28*t^2 - 3*f^27*t^2 + 9*f^26*t^2 - 6*f^25*t^2 + 12*f^24*t^2 - 6*f^23*t^2 + 10*f^22*t^2 + f^19*t - f^18*t + 2*f^17*t - 2*f^16*t + 3*f^15*t - 3*f^14*t + 4*f^13*t - 4*f^12*t + 5*f^11*t + 1.

From Peter Bala, Jan 03 2019: (Start)

O.g.f.: A(x) = exp( Sum_{n >= 1} (1/11)*binomial(11*n, 2*n)*x^n/n ) - Bizley. Cf. A274256.

Recurrence: a(0) = 1 and a(n) = (1/n) * Sum_{k = 0..n-1} (1/11)*binomial(11*n-11*k, 2*n-2*k)*a(k) for n >= 1. (End)

The sequence defined by b(n) := [x^n] A(x)^n begins [1, 5, 715, 116213, 19954187, 3532860880, 637870220023, 116749388814357, ...] and conjecturally satisfies the congruence b(p) == b(1) (mod p^3) for prime p >= 5 except for p = 11 (checked up to p = 101). - Peter Bala, Sep 14 2021

a(n) ~ c * 11^(11*n) / (n^(3/2) * 2^(2*n) * 3^(18*n)), where c = 0.0304820662333129164912550234496338371466905844787974500412037592866845093... - Vaclav Kotesovec, Sep 16 2021

Example

For n=1, the walks are EEEEEEEEENN, EEEEEEEENEN, EEEEEEENEEN, EEEEEENEEEN, EEEEENEEEEN.

Mathematica

terms = 16; f[_] = 0;
Do[f[t_] = f[t]^55 t^5 + 4 f[t]^46 t^4 - f[t]^45 t^4 + 5 f[t]^44 t^4 + 6 f[t]^37 t^3 - 3 f[t]^36 t^3 + 12 f[t]^35 t^3 - 4 f[t]^34 t^3 + 10 f[t]^33 t^3 + 4 f[t]^28 t^2 - 3 f[t]^27 t^2 + 9 f[t]^26 t^2 - 6 f[t]^25 t^2 + 12 f[t]^24 t^2 - 6 f[t]^23 t^2 + 10 f[t]^22 t^2 + f[t]^19 t - f[t]^18 t + 2 f[t]^17 t - 2 f[t]^16 t + 3 f[t]^15 t - 3 f[t]^14 t + 4 f[t]^13 t - 4 f[t]^12 t + 5 f[t]^11 t + 1 + O[t]^terms, {terms}];
CoefficientList[f[t], t] (* Jean-François Alcover, Dec 04 2018 *)
nmax = 20; CoefficientList[Series[Exp[Sum[Binomial[11*k, 2*k]*x^k/(11*k), {k, 1, nmax}]], {x, 0, nmax}], x] (* Vaclav Kotesovec, Sep 16 2021 *)

Crossrefs

Cf. A001764, A060941, A300386, A300387, A300389, A274256.

Sequence in context: A203684 A124477 A059839 * A269556 A227448 A210820

Adjacent sequences: A300385 A300386 A300387 * A300389 A300390 A300391

Keyword

nonn,walk

Author

Bryan T. Ek, Mar 04 2018

Status

approved