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A292700
1/4 of the number of paths that are made of alternate vertical and horizontal 4*n consecutive prime (> 2 and < prime(4*n+2)) steps. (Each path begins and ends at the same point but is allowed to intersect itself.)
2
0, 0, 0, 2, 4, 40, 756, 8466, 70664, 788240, 11086299, 114208465, 1536869680, 19129734630, 228346732944, 3059857239120, 38601632542723, 509554928113867, 6793745301391293, 92409631618813044, 1240139159309482820, 16995549322569645324, 236256012348427662180
OFFSET
1,4
FORMULA
Constant term in the expansion of (1/4) * Product_{k=1..2*n} (x^prime(2*k) + 1/x^prime(2*k)) * Product_{k=1..2*n} (y^prime(2*k+1) + 1/y^prime(2*k+1)).
a(n) = A292698(n) * A292699(n).
EXAMPLE
U, D, L and R express up, down, left and right.
n = 4:
3R, 5U, 7L, 11D, 13L, 17U, 19R, 23U, 29L, 31U, 37R, 41U, 43R, 47D, 53L, 59D.
3R, 5U, 7L, 11U, 13L, 17D, 19R, 23U, 29L, 31U, 37R, 41D, 43R, 47U, 53L, 59D.
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Seiichi Manyama, Sep 21 2017
STATUS
approved