OFFSET
0,2
COMMENTS
Apply the inverse of the Riordan array (1/(1-x^2),x/(1+x)^2) to 2^n. - Paul Barry, Mar 13 2009
Hankel transform is A079935. - Paul Barry, Mar 13 2009
LINKS
Vincenzo Librandi, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..200
FORMULA
G.f.: (1-x^2*c(x)^4)/(1-2x*c(x)^2), where c(x) is the g.f. of the Catalan numbers A000108. - Paul Barry, Mar 13 2009
Recurrence: 2*(n+1)*(n+3)*a(n) = (17*n^2+56*n-21)*a(n-1) - 18*(n+4)*(2*n-3)*a(n-2). - Vaclav Kotesovec, Oct 14 2012
a(n) ~ 9^n/2^(n+2). - Vaclav Kotesovec, Oct 14 2012
a(n) = 4*C(2*n-1,n)/(n+1)+3*Sum_{k=1..n-1}(k+1)*2^k*C(2*n-1,n-k-1)/(n+k+1), n>0, a(0)=1. - Vladimir Kruchinin, Feb 21 2019
MATHEMATICA
Table[SeriesCoefficient[(1-x^2*((1-Sqrt[1-4*x])/(2*x))^4)/(1-2*x*((1-Sqrt[1-4*x])/(2*x))^2), {x, 0, n}], {n, 0, 20}] (* Vaclav Kotesovec, Oct 14 2012 *)
PROG
(PARI) x='x+O('x^66); Vec((1-x^2*((1-sqrt(1-4*x))/(2*x))^4)/(1-2*x*((1-sqrt(1-4*x))/(2*x))^2)) \\ Joerg Arndt, May 11 2013
(Maxima)
a(n):=if n=0 then 1 else 4*binomial(2*n-1, n)/(n+1)+3*sum(((k+1)*2^(k)*binomial(2*n-1, n-k-1))/(n+k+1), k, 1, n-1); /* Vladimir Kruchinin, Feb 21 2019 */
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
easy,nonn
AUTHOR
Philippe Deléham, Jan 25 2004
EXTENSIONS
Term 15 corrected by Paul Barry, Mar 13 2009
STATUS
approved