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A286425
Total number of nodes summed over all lattice paths from (0,0) to (n,n) that do not go below the x-axis or above the diagonal x=y and consist of steps U=(1,1), D=(1,-1) and S=(0,1).
2
1, 2, 8, 44, 285, 2028, 15338, 120960, 983108, 8172094, 69116592, 592590616, 5136777504, 44928712804, 395907022448, 3510622573064, 31296093794827, 280275392413204, 2520017580255461, 22736733105613548, 205767848345966976, 1867240544055742660
OFFSET
0,2
LINKS
FORMULA
a(n) ~ c * d^n / sqrt(n), where d = (3*(71 + 8*sqrt(2))^(1/3))/4 + 51/(4*(71 + 8*sqrt(2))^(1/3)) + 13/4 = 9.443535601593252082001105527294087383986236797... and c = 0.0201623254316291127574085659620180015446126055020315052104102916... - Vaclav Kotesovec, Sep 11 2021
MAPLE
b:= proc(x, y) option remember; `if`(y<0 or y>x, 0, `if`(x=0, [1$2],
(p-> p+[0, p[1]])(b(x, y-1)+b(x-1, y-1)+b(x-1, y+1))))
end:
a:= n-> b(n$2)[2]:
seq(a(n), n=0..30);
CROSSREFS
Cf. A224769.
Sequence in context: A346626 A201374 A120928 * A260879 A179489 A240165
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Alois P. Heinz, May 14 2017
STATUS
approved