OFFSET
0,2
COMMENTS
Special case of generalized Delannoy numbers (see cross-references):
T(n, k) = binomial(k*n, n)*hypergeom([(1-k)*n, -n], [-k*n], -1).
LINKS
Seiichi Manyama, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..747
Lin Yang, Yu-Yuan Zhang, and Sheng-Liang Yang, The halves of Delannoy matrix and Chung-Feller properties of the m-Schröder paths, Linear Alg. Appl. (2024).
FORMULA
a(n) ~ sqrt(5 + 21/sqrt(17)) * (349 + 85*sqrt(17))^n / (sqrt(Pi*n) * 2^(5*n + 2)). - Vaclav Kotesovec, Feb 13 2021
From Seiichi Manyama, Sep 13 2025: (Start)
a(n) = [x^n] (1-x)^n/(1-2*x)^(4*n+1).
a(n) = Sum_{k=0..n} 2^k * binomial(n,k) * binomial(4*n,k).
a(n) = Sum_{k=0..n} 2^k * (-1)^(n-k) * binomial(n,k) * binomial(4*n+k,k).
a(n) = Sum_{k=0..n} binomial(n,k) * binomial(4*n+k,n). (End)
MATHEMATICA
a[n_] := Binomial[5 n, n] Hypergeometric2F1[-4 n, -n, -5 n, -1];
Array[a, 19, 0]
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Peter Luschny, Jan 31 2020
STATUS
approved
