OFFSET
0,4
COMMENTS
For n = 3, there is no 4th up step, a(3) = 83 enumerates the total number of down steps between the 3rd up step and the end of the path.
LINKS
A. Asinowski, B. Hackl, and S. Selkirk, Down step statistics in generalized Dyck paths, arXiv:2007.15562 [math.CO], 2020.
FORMULA
a(0) = a(1) = a(2) = 0 and a(n) = binomial(3*n+1, n)/(3*n+1) + 4*Sum_{j=1..3}binomial(3*j+2, j)*binomial(3*(n-j), n-j)/((3*j+2)*(n-j+1)) - 30*[n=3] for n > 2, where [ ] is the Iverson bracket.
PROG
(SageMath) [binomial(3*n + 1, n)/(3*n + 1) + 4*sum([binomial(3*j + 2, j) * binomial(3*(n - j), n - j)/(3*j + 2)/(n - j + 1) for j in srange(1, 4)]) - 30*(n==3) if n >= 3 else 0 for n in srange(30)] # Benjamin Hackl, May 12 2020
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,easy
AUTHOR
Benjamin Hackl, May 12 2020
STATUS
approved