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A225221
Number of lattice paths without interior points from {4}^n to {0}^n using steps that decrement one component by 1.
2
1, 0, 2, 2550, 8059800, 57010275000, 801652441590000, 20393765925943410000, 872251852597491366000000, 59194435154364480600630000000, 6083868079208428011546743700000000, 911478727065442542708032537906700000000, 192819174440695429545254134608441231600000000
OFFSET
0,3
COMMENTS
An interior point p = (p_1, ..., p_n) has n>0 components with 0<p_i<4 for 1<=i<=n.
LINKS
MAPLE
b:= proc(n, l) option remember; local m; m:= nops(l);
`if`(m=0 or l[m]=0, 1, `if`(l[1]>0 and l[m]<n, 0,
add(`if`(l[i]=0, 0, b(n, sort(subsop(i=l[i]-1, l)))), i=1..m)))
end:
a:= n-> b(4, [4$n]):
seq(a(n), n=0..12);
CROSSREFS
Row n=4 of A225094.
Sequence in context: A199948 A261382 A281692 * A347654 A324426 A114067
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Alois P. Heinz, May 02 2013
STATUS
approved