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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), (-1, 1, 1), (1, 0, -1), (1, 0, 1), (1, 1, 1)}.
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%I #4 Jan 02 2024 00:40:17

%S 1,2,10,40,200,888,4440,20640,103200,491072,2455360,11842560,59212800,

%T 288052864,1440264320,7047424000,35237120000,173139514368,

%U 865697571840,4266803935232,21334019676160,105398337126400,526991685632000,2608355721134080,13041778605670400,64645756083503104,323228780417515520

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