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A333498
Sum of the heights of all Motzkin paths of length n.
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0, 0, 1, 3, 9, 25, 70, 196, 552, 1560, 4423, 12573, 35826, 102310, 292786, 839554, 2411945, 6941593, 20011328, 57779038, 167069317, 483739961, 1402413161, 4070537585, 11827842021, 34403798725, 100167396088, 291903951462, 851380987390, 2485175809878
OFFSET
0,4
LINKS
FORMULA
a(n) = Sum_{k=1..floor(n/2)} k * A097862(n,k).
MAPLE
b:= proc(x, y, h) option remember; `if`(x=0, h, add(
b(x-1, y+j, max(h, y)), j=-min(1, y)..min(1, x-y-1)))
end:
a:= n-> b(n, 0$2):
seq(a(n), n=0..35);
MATHEMATICA
b[x_, y_, h_] := b[x, y, h] = If[x == 0, h, Sum[b[x - 1, y + j, Max[h, y]], {j, -Min[1, y], Min[1, x - y - 1]}]];
a[n_] := b[n, 0, 0];
a /@ Range[0, 35] (* Jean-François Alcover, May 10 2020, after Maple *)
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Alois P. Heinz, Mar 24 2020
STATUS
approved