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A002457
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a(n) = (2n+1)!/n!^2.
(Formerly M4198 N1752)
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1, 6, 30, 140, 630, 2772, 12012, 51480, 218790, 923780, 3879876, 16224936, 67603900, 280816200, 1163381400, 4808643120, 19835652870, 81676217700, 335780006100, 1378465288200, 5651707681620, 23145088600920, 94684453367400, 386971244197200, 1580132580471900
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OFFSET
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0,2
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COMMENTS
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Expected number of matches remaining in Banach's modified matchbox problem (counted when last match is drawn from one of the two boxes), multiplied by 4^(n-1). - Michael Steyer, Apr 13 2001
Convolved with A000108: (1, 1, 1, 5, 14, 42, ...) = A000531: (1, 7, 38, 187, 874, ...). - Gary W. Adamson, May 14 2009
1/a(n) is the integral of (x(1-x))^n on interval [0,1]. Apparently John Wallis computed these integrals for n=0,1,2,3,.... A004731, shifted left by one, gives numerators/denominators of related integrals (1-x^2)^n on interval [0,1]. - Marc van Leeuwen, Apr 14 2010
Extend the triangular peaks of Dyck paths of semilength n down to the baseline forming (possibly) larger and overlapping triangles. a(n) = sum of areas of these triangles. Also a(n) = triangular(n) * Catalan(n). - David Scambler, Nov 25 2010
Let H be the n X n Hilbert matrix H(i,j) = 1/(i+j-1) for 1 <= i,j <= n. Let B be the inverse matrix of H. The sum of the elements in row n of B equals a(n-1). - T. D. Noe, May 01 2011
Apparently the number of peaks in all symmetric Dyck paths with semilength 2n+1. - David Scambler, Apr 29 2013
Denominator of central elements of Leibniz's Harmonic Triangle A003506.
Number of distinct strings of length 2n+1 using n letters A, n letters B, and 1 letter C. - Hans Havermann, May 06 2014
Number of edges in the Hasse diagram of the poset of partitions in the n X n box ordered by containment (from Havermann's comment above, C represents the square added in the edge). - William J. Keith, Aug 18 2015
Let V(n, r) denote the volume of an n-dimensional sphere with radius r then V(n, 1/2^n) = V(n-1, 1/2^n) / a((n-1)/2) for all odd n. - Peter Luschny, Oct 12 2015
a(n) is the result of processing the n+1 row of Pascal's triangle A007318 with the method of A067056. Example: Let n=3. Given the 4th row of Pascal's triangle 1,4,6,4,1, we get 1*(4+6+4+1) + (1+4)*(6+4+1) + (1+4+6)*(4+1) + (1+4+6+4)*1 = 15+55+55+15 = 140 = a(3). - J. M. Bergot, May 26 2017
a(n) is the number of (n+1) X 2 Young tableaux with a two horizontal walls between the first and second column. If there is a wall between two cells, the entries may be decreasing; see [Banderier, Wallner 2021] and A000984 for one horizontal wall. - Michael Wallner, Jan 31 2022
a(n) is the number of facets of the symmetric edge polytope of the cycle graph on 2n+1 vertices. - Mariel Supina, May 12 2022
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REFERENCES
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A. T. Benjamin and J. J. Quinn, Proofs that really count: the art of combinatorial proof, M.A.A. 2003, id. 159.
L. Comtet, Advanced Combinatorics, Reidel, 1974, p. 83, Problem 25; p. 168, #30.
W. Feller, An Introduction to Probability Theory and Its Applications, Vol. I.
C. Jordan, Calculus of Finite Differences. Röttig and Romwalter, Budapest, 1939; Chelsea, NY, 1965, p. 449.
M. Klamkin, ed., Problems in Applied Mathematics: Selections from SIAM Review, SIAM, 1990; see pp. 127-129.
C. Lanczos, Applied Analysis. Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1956, p. 514.
A. P. Prudnikov, Yu. A. Brychkov and O.I. Marichev, "Integrals and Series", Volume 1: "Elementary Functions", Chapter 4: "Finite Sums", New York, Gordon and Breach Science Publishers, 1986-1992.
J. Ser, Les Calculs Formels des Séries de Factorielles. Gauthier-Villars, Paris, 1933, p. 92.
N. J. A. Sloane, A Handbook of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1973 (includes this sequence).
N. J. A. Sloane and Simon Plouffe, The Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1995 (includes this sequence).
J. Wallis, Operum Mathematicorum, pars altera, Oxford, 1656, pp 31,34 [Marc van Leeuwen, Apr 14 2010]
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LINKS
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FORMULA
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G.f.: (1-4x)^(-3/2) = 1F0(3/2;;4x).
a(n-1) = binomial(2*n, n)*n/2 = binomial(2*n-1, n)*n.
a(n-1) = 4^(n-1)*Sum_{i=0..n-1} binomial(n-1+i, i)*(n-i)/2^(n-1+i).
a(n) ~ 2*Pi^(-1/2)*n^(1/2)*2^(2*n)*{1 + 3/8*n^-1 + ...}. - Joe Keane (jgk(AT)jgk.org), Nov 21 2001
(2*n+2)!/(2*n!*(n+1)!) = (n+n+1)!/(n!*n!) = 1/beta(n+1, n+1) in A061928.
Sum_{i=0..n} i * binomial(n, i)^2 = n*binomial(2*n, n)/2. - Yong Kong (ykong(AT)curagen.com), Dec 26 2000
a(n) ~ 2*Pi^(-1/2)*n^(1/2)*2^(2*n). - Joe Keane (jgk(AT)jgk.org), Jun 07 2002
a(n) = 1/Integral_{x=0..1} x^n (1-x)^n dx. - Fred W. Helenius (fredh(AT)ix.netcom.com), Jun 10 2003
E.g.f.: exp(2*x)*((1+4*x)*BesselI(0, 2*x) + 4*x*BesselI(1, 2*x)). - Vladeta Jovovic, Sep 22 2003
a(n) = Sum_{i+j+k=n} binomial(2i, i)*binomial(2j, j)*binomial(2k, k). - Benoit Cloitre, Nov 09 2003
a(n) = Sum_{k=0..n} binomial(2k,k)*4^(n-k). - Paul Barry, Apr 26 2009
a(n) = f(n, n-3) where f is given in A034261.
a(n) = binomial(2n+2, 2) * binomial(2n, n) / binomial(n+1, 1), a(n) = binomial(n+1, 1) * binomial(2n+2, n+1) / binomial(2, 1) = binomial(2n+2, n+1) * (n+1)/2. - Rui Duarte, Oct 08 2011
G.f.: 1 - 6*x/(G(0)+6*x) where G(k) = 1 + (4*x+1)*k - 6*x - (k+1)*(4*k-2)/G(k+1); (continued fraction, Euler's 1st kind, 1-step). - Sergei N. Gladkovskii, Aug 13 2012
G.f.: G(0)/2, where G(k) = 1 + 1/(1 - 4*x*(2*k+3)/(4*x*(2*k+3) + 2*(k+1)/G(k+1))); (continued fraction). - Sergei N. Gladkovskii, Jun 06 2013
a(n) = 2^(4n)/Sum_{k=0..n} (-1)^k*C(2n+1,n-k)/(2k+1). - Mircea Merca, Nov 12 2013
a(n) = (2*n)!*[x^(2*n)] HeunC(0,0,-2,-1/4,7/4,4*x^2) where [x^n] f(x) is the coefficient of x^n in f(x) and HeunC is the Heun confluent function. - Peter Luschny, Nov 22 2013
0 = a(n) * (16*a(n+1) - 2*a(n+2)) + a(n+1) * (a(n+2) - 6*a(n+1)) for all n in Z. - Michael Somos, Dec 06 2013
a(n) = 4^n*hypergeom([-2*n,-2*n-1,1/2],[-2*n-2,1],2)*(n+1)*(2*n+1). - Peter Luschny, Sep 22 2014
a(n) = 4^n*hypergeom([-n,-1/2],[1],1). - Peter Luschny, May 19 2015
a(n) = 2*4^n*Gamma(3/2+n)/(sqrt(Pi)*Gamma(1+n)). - Peter Luschny, Dec 14 2015
Sum_{n >= 0} 2^(n+1)/a(n) = Pi, related to Newton/Euler's Pi convergence transformation series. - Tony Foster III, Jul 28 2016. See the Weisstein Pi link, eq. (23). - Wolfdieter Lang, Aug 26 2016
Boas-Buck recurrence: a(n) = (6/n)*Sum_{k=0..n-1} 4^(n-k-1)*a(k), n >= 1, and a(0) = 1. Proof from a(n) = A046521(n+1,1). See comment in A046521. - Wolfdieter Lang, Aug 10 2017
a(n) = (1/3)*Sum_{i = 0..n+1} C(n+1,i)*C(n+1,2*n+1-i)*C(3*n+2-i,n+1) = (1/3)*Sum_{i = 0..2*n+1} (-1)^(i+1)*C(2*n+1,i)*C(n+i+1,i)^2. - Peter Bala, Feb 07 2018
a(n) = 1 / Sum_{s=0..n} (-1)^s * binomial(n, s) / (n+s+1). - Kolosov Petro, Jan 22 2019
a(n) = Sum_{k = 0..n} (2*k + 1)*binomial(2*n + 1, n - k). - Peter Bala, Feb 25 2019
4^n/a(n) = Integral_{x=0..1} (1 - x^2)^n. - Michael Somos, Jun 13 2019
D-finite with recurrence: 0 = a(n)*(6 + 4*n) - a(n+1)*(n + 1) for all n in Z. - Michael Somos, Jun 13 2019
Sum_{n>=0} (-1)^n/a(n) = 4*arcsinh(1/2)/sqrt(5). - Amiram Eldar, Sep 10 2020
G.f. for {1/a(n)}: 4*arcsin(sqrt(x)/2) / sqrt(x*(4-x)).
E.g.f. for {1/a(n)}: exp(x/4)*sqrt(Pi/x)*erf(sqrt(x)/2). (End)
G.f. for {1/a(n)}: 4*arctan(sqrt(x/(4-x))) / sqrt(x*(4-x)). - Michael Somos, Jun 17 2023
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EXAMPLE
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G.f. = 1 + 6*x + 30*x^2 + 140*x^3 + 630*x^4 + 2772*x^5 + 12012*x^6 + 51480*x^7 + ...
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MAPLE
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A002457:=n->(n+1) * binomial(2*(n+1), (n+1)) / 2; seq(A002457(n), n=0..50);
seq((2*n)!*coeff(series(HeunC(0, 0, -2, -1/4, 7/4, 4*x^2), x, 2*n+1), x, 2*n), n=0..22); # Peter Luschny, Nov 22 2013
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MATHEMATICA
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PROG
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(PARI) {a(n) = if( n<0, 0, (2*n + 1)! / n!^2)}; /* Michael Somos, Dec 09 2002 */
(PARI) a(n) = (2*n+1)*binomial(2*n, n); \\ Altug Alkan, Apr 16 2018
(Haskell)
a002457 n = a116666 (2 * n + 1) (n + 1)
(Sage)
A002457 = lambda n: binomial(n+1/2, 1/2)<<2*n
(Magma) [Factorial(2*n+1)/Factorial(n)^2: n in [0..25]]; // Vincenzo Librandi, Oct 12 2015
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CROSSREFS
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Cf. A000531 (Banach's original match problem).
The rightmost diagonal of the triangle A331431.
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KEYWORD
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nonn,easy,nice
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