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%I #5 Dec 22 2018 16:14:54
%S 5,153,4537,133189,3891675,113415423,3299905647
%N Sum of attendance numbers of all histories of length 5*n in the Bizley-Duchon's club model, divided by 5.
%C The Bizley-Duchon's club model is equivalent to the lattice paths from (0,0) to (3*n,2*n) described in A293946. The attendance history of the club consists of persons entering in pairs and leaving in groups of three. The club closes when no persons are remaining. a(k)/A293946(k) is proportional to the mean area under the "filling level curve" of the club.
%C Banderier et al. show that the mean area is asymptotic to K*n^(3/2), with K=(1/2)*(15*Pi)^(1/2).
%H Cyril Banderier, Bernhard Gittenberger, <a href="https://hal.inria.fr/hal-01184683">Analytic Combinatorics of Lattice Paths: Enumeration and Asymptotics for the Area.</a> Chassaing, Philippe and others. Fourth Colloquium on Mathematics and Computer Science Algorithms, Trees, Combinatorics and Probabilities, 2006, Nancy, France. Discrete Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science, DMTCS Proceedings vol. AG, Fourth Colloquium on Mathematics and Computer Science Algorithms, Trees, Combinatorics and Probabilities, pp.345-356, 2006, DMTCS Proceedings.
%H Cyril Banderier, Michael Wallner, <a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/1605.02967">Lattice paths of slope 2/5</a>, arXiv:1605.02967 [cs.DM], 10 May 2016.
%e a(1) = (15 + 10)/5 = 5:
%e Contributions of the A293946(1) = 2 attendance histories are
%e 0 (+2) 2 (+2) 4 (+2) 6 (-3) 3 (-3) 0 -> 2 + 4 + 6 + 3 = 15
%e 0 (+2) 2 (+2) 4 (-3) 1 (+2) 3 (-3) 0 -> 2 + 4 + 1 + 3 = 10.
%Y Cf. A060941, A293946.
%K nonn,more
%O 1,1
%A _Hugo Pfoertner_, Dec 22 2018