A026010 a(n) = number of (s(0), s(1), ..., s(n)) such that s(i) is a nonnegative integer and |s(i) - s(i-1)| = 1 for i = 1,2,...,n and s(0) = 2. Also a(n) = sum of numbers in row n+1 of array T defined in A026009.

1, 2, 4, 7, 14, 25, 50, 91, 182, 336, 672, 1254, 2508, 4719, 9438, 17875, 35750, 68068, 136136, 260338, 520676, 999362, 1998724, 3848222, 7696444, 14858000, 29716000, 57500460, 115000920, 222981435, 445962870, 866262915, 1732525830, 3370764540

Offset

0,2

Comments

Conjecture: a(n) is the number of integer compositions of n + 2 in which the even parts appear as often at even positions as at odd positions (confirmed up to n = 19). - Gus Wiseman, Mar 17 2018

Links

Michael De Vlieger, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..3326

Christian Krattenthaler, Daniel Yaqubi, Some determinants of path generating functions, II, arXiv:1802.05990 [math.CO], 2018; Adv. Appl. Math. 101 (2018), 232-265.

Formula

a(2*n) = ((3*n + 1)/(2*n + 1))*C(2*n + 1, n)= A051924(1+n), n>=0, a(2*n-1) = a(2*n)/2 = A097613(1+n), n >= 1. - Herbert Kociemba, May 08 2004

a(n) = Sum_{k=0..n} binomial(floor((n+k)/2), floor(k/2)). - Paul Barry, Jul 15 2004

Inverse binomial transform of A005774: (1, 3, 9, 26, 75, 216, ...). - Gary W. Adamson, Oct 22 2007

Conjecture: (n+3)*a(n) - 2*a(n-1) + (-5*n-3)*a(n-2) + 2*a(n-3) + 4*(n-3)*a(n-4) = 0. - R. J. Mathar, Jun 20 2013

a(n) = (1/2)^((5 - (-1)^n)/2)*(6*n + 7 - 3*(-1)^n)*Catalan((2*n + 1 - (-1)^n)/4), where Catalan is the Catalan number = A000108. - G. C. Greubel, Nov 08 2018

Example

The a(3) = 7 compositions of 5 in which the even parts appear as often at even positions as at odd positions are (5), (311), (131), (113), (221), (122), (11111). Missing are (41), (14), (32), (23), (212), (2111), (1211), (1121), (1112). - Gus Wiseman, Mar 17 2018

Mathematica

Array[Sum[Binomial[Floor[(# + k)/2], Floor[k/2]], {k, 0, #}] &, 34, 0] (* Michael De Vlieger, May 16 2018 *)
Table[2^(-1 + n)*(((2 + 3*#)*Gamma[(1 + #)/2])/(Sqrt[Pi]*Gamma[2 + #/2]) &[n + Mod[n, 2]]), {n, 0, 40}] (* Peter Pein, Nov 08 2018 *)
Table[(1/2)^((5 - (-1)^n)/2)*(6*n + 7 - 3*(-1)^n)*CatalanNumber[(2*n + 1 - (-1)^n)/4], {n, 0, 40}] (* G. C. Greubel, Nov 08 2018 *)

Prog

(PARI) vector(40, n, n--; sum(k=0, n, binomial(floor((n+k)/2), floor(k/2)))) \\ G. C. Greubel, Nov 08 2018
(Magma) [(&+[Binomial(Floor((n+k)/2), Floor(k/2)): k in [0..n]]): n in [0..40]]; // G. C. Greubel, Nov 08 2018

Crossrefs

First differences of A050168. Pairwise sums of A037952.

Cf. A000712, A001405, A005774, A045931, A063886, A097613, A130780, A171966, A239241, A299926, A300061, A300787, A300788, A300789.

Sequence in context: A167606 A065455 A220842 * A088813 A347780 A351013

Adjacent sequences: A026007 A026008 A026009 * A026011 A026012 A026013

Keyword

nonn

Author

Clark Kimberling

Status

approved