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Number of walks within N^3 (the first octant of Z^3) starting at (0,0,0) and consisting of n steps taken from {(-1, -1, 0), (-1, 0, 1), (0, 1, 0), (1, -1, 1), (1, 1, -1)}.
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%I #4 Jan 01 2024 00:58:24

%S 1,1,2,5,18,63,246,966,3945,16467,70342,305616,1346621,6002092,

%T 27002568,122514743,559932241,2575770147,11915970386,55402390326,

%U 258732896169,1213120481918,5708469495806,26949628281003,127606674587595,605851015531093,2883560007085763,13755420395907659,65754153711266080

%N Number of walks within N^3 (the first octant of Z^3) starting at (0,0,0) and consisting of n steps taken from {(-1, -1, 0), (-1, 0, 1), (0, 1, 0), (1, -1, 1), (1, 1, -1)}.

%H A. Bostan and M. Kauers, 2008. Automatic Classification of Restricted Lattice Walks, <a href="http://arxiv.org/abs/0811.2899">ArXiv 0811.2899</a>.

%t aux[i_Integer, j_Integer, k_Integer, n_Integer] := Which[Min[i, j, k, n] < 0 || Max[i, j, k] > n, 0, n == 0, KroneckerDelta[i, j, k, n], True, aux[i, j, k, n] = aux[-1 + i, -1 + j, 1 + k, -1 + n] + aux[-1 + i, 1 + j, -1 + k, -1 + n] + aux[i, -1 + j, k, -1 + n] + aux[1 + i, j, -1 + k, -1 + n] + aux[1 + i, 1 + j, k, -1 + n]]; Table[Sum[aux[i, j, k, n], {i, 0, n}, {j, 0, n}, {k, 0, n}], {n, 0, 10}]

%K nonn,walk

%O 0,3

%A _Manuel Kauers_, Nov 18 2008