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A118187 Antidiagonal sums of triangle A118185: a(n) = Sum_{k=0..[n/2]} 4^(k*(n-2*k)) for n>=0. 3

%I #8 Sep 08 2022 08:45:25

%S 1,1,2,5,18,81,514,5185,73730,1327361,33685506,1359217665,77311508482,

%T 5567355555841,565149010231298,91215553426898945,20753150033413537794,

%U 5977902509385249259521,2427296516310194305630210

%N Antidiagonal sums of triangle A118185: a(n) = Sum_{k=0..[n/2]} 4^(k*(n-2*k)) for n>=0.

%H G. C. Greubel, <a href="/A118187/b118187.txt">Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..100</a>

%F G.f.: A(x) = Sum_{n>=0} x^n/(1-4^n*x^2).

%F a(2*n) = Sum_{k=0..n} 4^(2*k*(n-k)).

%F a(2*n+1) = Sum_{k=0..n} (4^k)^(2*(n-k)+1).

%e A(x) = 1/(1-x^2) + x/(1-4*x^2) + x^2/(1-16*x^2) + x^3/(1-64*x^2) + ...

%e = 1 + x + 2*x^2 + 5*x^3 + 18*x^4 + 81*x^5 + 514*x^6 + ...

%t Table[Sum[4^(k*(n-2*k)), {k,0,Floor[n/2]}], {n,0,30}] (* _G. C. Greubel_, Jun 29 2021 *)

%o (PARI) a(n)=sum(k=0, n\2, (4^k)^(n-2*k) )

%o (Magma) [(&+[4^(k*(n-2*k)): k in [0..Floor(n/2)]]): n in [0..30]]; // _G. C. Greubel_, Jun 29 2021

%o (Sage) [sum(4^(k*(n-2*k)) for k in (0..n//2)) for n in (0..30)] # _G. C. Greubel_, Jun 29 2021

%Y Cf. A118185 (triangle), A118186 (row sums).

%K nonn

%O 0,3

%A _Paul D. Hanna_, Apr 15 2006

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