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A266736
Number of words on {1,1,1,2,2,2,3,3,3,4,4,4,...,n,n,n} avoiding the pattern 123.
2
1, 1, 20, 374, 8124, 190893, 4727788, 121543500, 3212914524, 86782926068, 2384725558736, 66456350375566, 1873703883228900, 53351152389518550, 1531960347453263112, 44311785923563130392, 1289909841595078198172, 37760636720455988917420, 1110927659386926734186992
OFFSET
0,3
FORMULA
Conjecture: a(n) = (2/Pi)*Integral_{t=0..1} sqrt((1 - t)/t)*(64*t^3 - 32*t^2)^n = Catalan(3*n)*2F1(-1-3*n,-n;1/2-3*n;1/2). - Benedict W. J. Irwin, Oct 05 2016
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
N. J. A. Sloane, Jan 06 2016
EXTENSIONS
More terms from Alois P. Heinz, Jan 14 2016
STATUS
approved