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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, 0, 1), (0, 0, 1), (1, -1, 1), (1, 0, 1), (1, 1, -1)}.
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%I #5 Nov 05 2025 15:22:15

%S 1,2,7,26,110,471,2119,9586,44409,206599,973748,4604843,21946347,

%T 104877487,503695712,2424445881,11709284723,56654824221,274788262853,

%U 1334791475699,6495565211266,31649525489011,154428850634500,754311477162251,3688596553559261,18053599261036996,88443596719419751

%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, 0, 1), (0, 0, 1), (1, -1, 1), (1, 0, 1), (1, 1, -1)}.

%H A. Bostan and M. Kauers, 2008. Automatic Classification of Restricted Lattice Walks, <a href="https://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, j, -1 + k, -1 + n] + aux[-1 + i, 1 + j, -1 + k, -1 + n] + aux[i, j, -1 + k, -1 + n] + aux[1 + i, j, -1 + 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 0,2

%A _Manuel Kauers_, Nov 18 2008