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A172236
Array A(n,k) = n*A(n,k-1) + A(n,k-2) read by upward antidiagonals, starting A(n,0) = 0, A(n,1) = 1.
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0, 0, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 2, 2, 0, 1, 3, 5, 3, 0, 1, 4, 10, 12, 5, 0, 1, 5, 17, 33, 29, 8, 0, 1, 6, 26, 72, 109, 70, 13, 0, 1, 7, 37, 135, 305, 360, 169, 21, 0, 1, 8, 50, 228, 701, 1292, 1189, 408, 34, 0, 1, 9, 65, 357, 1405, 3640, 5473, 3927, 985, 55, 0, 1, 10, 82, 528, 2549, 8658, 18901, 23184, 12970, 2378, 89, 0, 1, 11, 101, 747, 4289, 18200, 53353, 98145, 98209, 42837, 5741, 144
OFFSET
1,9
COMMENTS
Equals A073133 with an additional column A(.,0).
If the first column and top row are deleted, antidiagonal reading yields A118243.
Adding a top row of 1's and antidiagonal reading downwards yields A157103.
Antidiagonal sums are 0, 1, 2, 5, 12, 32, 93, 297, 1035, 3911, 15917, 69350, ....
From Jianing Song, Jul 14 2018: (Start)
All rows have strong divisibility, that is, gcd(A(n,k_1), A(n,k_2)) = A(n,gcd(k_1,k_2)) holds for all k_1, k_2 >= 0.
Let E(n,m) be the smallest number l such that m divides A(n,l), we have: for odd primes p that are not divisible by n^2 + 4, E(n,p) divides p - ((n^2+4)/p) if p == 3 (mod 4) and (p - ((n^2+4)/p))/2 if p == 1 (mod 4). E(n,p) = p for odd primes p that are divisible by n^2 + 4. E(n,2) = 2 for even n and 3 for odd n. Here ((n^2+4)/p) is the Legendre symbol. A prime p such that p^2 divides T(n,E(n,p)) is called an n-Wall-Sun-Sun prime.
E(n,p^e) <= p^(e-1)*E(n,p) for all primes p. If p^2 does not divide A(n, E(n,p)), then E(n,p^e) = p^(e-1)*E(n,p) for all exponent e. Specially, for primes p >= 5 that are divisible by n^2 + 4, p^2 is never divisible by A(n,p), so E(n,p^e) = p^e as described above. E(n,m_1*m_2) = lcm(E(n,m_1),E(n,m_2)) if gcd(m_1,m_2) = 1.
Let pi(n,m) be the Pisano period of A(n, k) modulo m, i.e, the smallest number l such that A(n, k+1) == T(n,k) (mod m) holds for all k >= 0, we have: for odd primes p that are not divisible by n^2 - 4, pi(n,p) divides p - 1 if ((n^2+4)/p) = 1 and 2(p+1) if ((n^2+4)/p) = -1. pi(n,p) = 4p for odd primes p that are divisible by n^2 + 4. pi(n,2) = 2 even n and 3 for odd n.
pi(n,p^e) <= p^(e-1)*pi(n,p) for all primes p. If p^2 does not divide A(n, E(n,p)), then pi(n,p^e) = p^(e-1)*pi(n,p) for all exponent e. Specially, for primes p >= 5 that are divisible by n^2 + 4, p^2 is never divisible by A(n, p), so pi(n,p^e) = 4p^e as described above. pi(n,m_1*m_2) = lcm(pi(n,m_1), pi(n,m_2)) if gcd(m_1,m_2) = 1.
If n != 2, the largest possible value of pi(n,m)/m is 4 for even n and 6 for odd n. For even n, pi(n,p^e) = 4p^e; for odd n, pi(n,2p^e) = 12p^e, where p is any odd prime factor of n^2 + 4. For n = 2 it is 8/3, obtained by m = 3^e.
Let z(n,m) be the number of zeros in a period of A(n, k) modulo m, i.e., z(n,m) = pi(n,m)/E(n,m), then we have: z(n,p) = 4 for odd primes p that are divisible by n^2 + 4. For other odd primes p, z(n,p) = 4 if E(n,p) is odd; 1 if E(n,p) is even but not divisible by 4; 2 if E(n,p) is divisible by 4; see the table below. z(n,2) = z(n,4) = 1.
Among all values of z(n,p) when p runs through all odd primes that are not divisible by n^2 + 4, we have:
((n^2+4)/p)...p mod 8....proportion of 1.....proportion of 2.....proportion of 4
......1..........1......1/6 (conjectured)...2/3 (conjectured)...1/6 (conjectured)*
......1..........5......1/2 (conjectured)...........0...........1/2 (conjectured)*
......1.........3,7.............1...................0...................0
.....-1.........1,5.............0...................0...................1
.....-1.........3,7.............0...................1...................0
* The result is that among all odd primes that are not divisible by n^2 + 4, 7/24 of them are with z(n,p) = 1, 5/12 are with z(n,p) = 2 and 7/24 are with z(n,p) = 4 if n^2 + 4 is a twice a square; 1/3 of them are with z(n,p) = 1, 1/3 are with z(n,p) = 2 and 1/3 are with z(n,p) = 4 otherwise. [Corrected by Jianing Song, Jul 06 2019]
z(n,p^e) = z(n,p) for all odd primes p; z(n,2^e) = 1 for even n and 2 for odd n, e >= 3.
(End)
From Michael A. Allen, Mar 06 2023: (Start)
Removing the first (n=0) row of A352361 gives this sequence.
Row n is the n-metallonacci sequence.
A(n,k) is (for k>0) the number of tilings of a (k-1)-board (a board with dimensions (k-1) X 1) using unit squares and dominoes (with dimensions 2 X 1) if there are n kinds of squares available. (End)
LINKS
Jianing Song, Antidiagonals n = 1..100, flattened (the first 30 antidiagonals from Vincenzo Librandi)
Michael A. Allen and Kenneth Edwards, Fence tiling derived identities involving the metallonacci numbers squared or cubed, Fib. Q. 60:5 (2022) 5-17.
FORMULA
A(n,k) = (((n + sqrt(n^2 + 4))/2)^k - ((n-sqrt(n^2 + 4))/2)^k)/sqrt(n^2 + 4), n >= 1, k >= 0. - Jianing Song, Jun 27 2018
For n >= 1, Sum_{i=1..k} 1/A(n,2^i) = ((u^(2^k-1) + v^(2^k-1))/(u + v)) * (1/A(n,2^k)), where u = (n + sqrt(n^2 + 4))/2, v = (n - sqrt(n^2 + 4))/2 are the two roots of the polynomial x^2 - n*x - 1. As a result, Sum_{i>=1} 1/A(n,2^i) = (n^2 + 4 - n*sqrt(n^2 + 4))/(2*n). - Jianing Song, Apr 21 2019
From G. C. Greubel, Sep 29 2024: (Start)
A(n, k) = F_{k}(n) (Fibonacci polynomials F_{n}(x)) (array).
T(n, k) = F_{k}(n-k) (antidiagonal triangle).
Sum_{k=0..n-1} T(n, k) = A304357(n) - (1-(-1)^n)/2.
Sum_{k=0..n-1} (-1)^k*T(n, k) = (-1)*A304359(n) + (1-(-1)^n)/2.
T(2*n, n) = A084844(n).
T(2*n+1, n+1) = A084845(n). (End)
EXAMPLE
The array, A(n, k), starts in row n = 1 with columns k >= 0 as
0 1 1 2 3 5 8
0 1 2 5 12 29 70
0 1 3 10 33 109 360
0 1 4 17 72 305 1292
0 1 5 26 135 701 3640
0 1 6 37 228 1405 8658
0 1 7 50 357 2549 18200
0 1 8 65 528 4289 34840
0 1 9 82 747 6805 61992
0 1 10 101 1020 10301 104030
0 1 11 122 1353 15005 166408
Antidiagonal triangle, T(n, k), begins as:
0;
0, 1;
0, 1, 1;
0, 1, 2, 2;
0, 1, 3, 5, 3;
0, 1, 4, 10, 12, 5;
0, 1, 5, 17, 33, 29, 8;
0, 1, 6, 26, 72, 109, 70, 13;
0, 1, 7, 37, 135, 305, 360, 169, 21;
0, 1, 8, 50, 228, 701, 1292, 1189, 408, 34;
MATHEMATICA
A172236[n_, k_]:=Fibonacci[k, n-k];
Table[A172236[n, k], {n, 15}, {k, 0, n-1}]//Flatten
PROG
(PARI) A(n, k) = if (k==0, 0, if (k==1, 1, n*A(n, k-1) + A(n, k-2)));
tabl(nn) = for(n=1, nn, for (k=0, nn, print1(A(n, k), ", ")); print); \\ Jianing Song, Jul 14 2018 (program from Michel Marcus; see also A316269)
(PARI) A(n, k) = ([n, 1; 1, 0]^k)[2, 1] \\ Jianing Song, Nov 10 2018
(Magma)
A172236:= func< n, k | k le 1 select k else Evaluate(DicksonSecond(k-1, -1), n-k) >;
[A172236(n, k): k in [0..n-1], n in [1..13]]; // G. C. Greubel, Sep 29 2024
(SageMath)
def A172236(n, k): return sum(binomial(k-j-1, j)*(n-k)^(k-2*j-1) for j in range(1+(k-1)//2))
flatten([[A172236(n, k) for k in range(n)] for n in range(1, 14)]) # G. C. Greubel, Sep 29 2024
CROSSREFS
Rows n include: A000045 (n=1), A000129 (n=2), A006190 (n=3), A001076 (n=4), A052918 (n=5), A005668 (n=6), A054413 (n=7), A041025 (n=8), A099371 (n=9), A041041 (n=10), A049666 (n=11), A041061 (n=12), A140455 (n=13), A041085 (n=14), A154597 (n=15), A041113 (n=16), A178765 (n=17), A041145 (n=18), A243399 (n=19), A041181 (n=20). (Note that there are offset shifts for rows n = 5, 7, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16..20.)
Columns k include: A000004 (k=0), A000012 (k=1), A000027 (k=2), A002522 (k=3), A054602 (k=4), A057721 (k=5), A124152 (k=6).
Entry points for A(n,k) modulo m: A001177 (n=1), A214028 (n=2), A322907 (n=3).
Pisano period for A(n,k) modulo m: A001175 (n=1), A175181 (n=2), A175182 (n=3), A175183 (n=4), A175184 (n=5), A175185 (n=6).
Number of zeros in a period for A(n,k) modulo m: A001176 (n=1), A214027 (n=2), A322906 (n=3).
Sums include: A304357, A304359.
Similar to: A073133.
Sequence in context: A317205 A296068 A144064 * A191646 A297321 A277938
KEYWORD
nonn,tabl,easy
AUTHOR
Roger L. Bagula, Jan 29 2010
EXTENSIONS
More terms from Jianing Song, Jul 14 2018
STATUS
approved