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A098430
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a(n) = 4^n*(2*n)!/(n!)^2.
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9
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1, 8, 96, 1280, 17920, 258048, 3784704, 56229888, 843448320, 12745441280, 193730707456, 2958796259328, 45368209309696, 697972450918400, 10768717814169600, 166556168859156480, 2581620617316925440, 40091049586568724480, 623638549124402380800, 9715632133727531827200
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OFFSET
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0,2
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COMMENTS
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a(n) counts walks of 2n steps North, East, South or West that start at the origin and end on the line y=x. For example, a(1)=8 counts EW, EN, NE, NS, WE, WS, SN, SW. If the walk has i East and j North steps, then it must have n-j West and n-i South steps. There are Multinomial[i,j,n-j,n-i] ways to arrange these steps and summing over i and j gives the result. - David Callan, Oct 11 2005
Number of lattice paths from (0,0) to (n,n) using steps (1,0), (0,1), both of two kinds. - Joerg Arndt, Jul 01 2011
Convolving a(n) with itself yields A001025, the powers of 16. Thus the limiting ratio of this sequence is 16. - Bob Selcoe, Jul 16 2014
Number of strings x of length 4n over the alphabet {1, -1} such that the dot product of x with (x reversed) is 0. - Jeffrey Shallit, Mar 06 2017
Number of orthogonal pairs of vectors of length 2n, constructed with any symmetric binary-valued symbol set. - Ross Drewe, May 18 2018
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FORMULA
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a(n) = 4^n*binomial(2*n, n) = 4^n*A000984(n).
E.g.f.: exp(8*x)*BesselI(0, 8*x).
a(n) = (1/Pi)*integral(x=-2..2, (2*x)^(2*n)/(sqrt((2-x)*(2+x))). - Peter Luschny, Sep 12 2011
D-finite with recurrence: n*a(n) + 8*(-2*n+1)*a(n-1) = 0. - R. J. Mathar, Nov 10 2014
a(n) = 16^n*hypergeometric([-2*n, 1/2], [1], 2). - Peter Luschny, May 19 2015
Sum_{n>=0} 1/a(n) = 16/15 + 16*sqrt(15)*arcsin(1/4)/225.
Sum_{n>=0} (-1)^n/a(n) = 16/17 - 16*sqrt(17)*arcsinh(1/4)/289. (End)
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MAPLE
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MATHEMATICA
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CoefficientList[Series[1/Sqrt[1 - 16 x], {x, 0, 16}], x] (* Robert G. Wilson v, Jun 28 2012 *)
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PROG
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(PARI) /* as lattice paths: same as in A092566 but use */
steps=[[1, 0], [1, 0], [0, 1], [0, 1]]; /* note the double [1, 0] and [0, 1] */
(Magma) [4^n*Factorial(2*n)/Factorial(n)^2: n in [0..20]]; // Vincenzo Librandi, Jul 05 2011
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(Sage)
a = lambda n: 16^n*hypergeometric([-2*n, 1/2], [1], 2)
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CROSSREFS
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KEYWORD
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easy,nonn
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STATUS
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approved
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