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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, 1), (-1, 0, 1), (0, 1, -1), (1, 0, 1), (1, 1, 1)}.
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%I #5 Nov 05 2025 15:22:16

%S 1,2,9,36,160,716,3314,15388,72499,342935,1635960,7824257,37611809,

%T 181209322,876049115,4242706707,20596344336,100135723710,487704113642,

%U 2378266514902,11613225600136,56767518355194,277790357624818,1360560956453716,6669645937906914,32720231458322324,160639177418874272

%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, 1), (-1, 0, 1), (0, 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[i, -1 + j, 1 + k, -1 + n] + aux[1 + i, j, -1 + k, -1 + n] + aux[1 + i, 1 + 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