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a(n) = number of odd numbers in the n-th row of the Narayana triangle A001263.
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%I #15 Sep 05 2020 20:08:37

%S 1,2,3,2,2,4,7,2,2,4,6,4,4,8,15,2,2,4,6,4,4,8,14,4,4,8,12,8,8,16,31,2,

%T 2,4,6,4,4,8,14,4,4,8,12,8,8,16,30,4,4,8,12,8,8,16,28,8,8,16,24,16,16,

%U 32,63,2,2,4,6,4,4,8,14,4,4,8,12,8,8,16,30,4,4,8

%N a(n) = number of odd numbers in the n-th row of the Narayana triangle A001263.

%C a(n)=n iff n=2^k-1 or n=2.

%H S.P. Eu, S.C. Liu, Y.N. Yeh, <a href="https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9590.2006.00337.x">On the Congruences of Some Combinatorial Numbers</a>, Studies in Applied Mathematics, 116(2006), 135-144.

%e The Narayana numbers are binomial(n-1, k-1)*binomial(n, k-1)/k. a(4)=4 since for n=4 there are two odd numbers among 1,6,6,1.

%t a[n_] := Count[Table[Binomial[n - 1, k - 1] Binomial[n, k - 1]/k, {k, 1, n}], _?OddQ]; Array[a, 100] (* _Amiram Eldar_, Jul 02 2020 *)

%o (PARI) a(n) = sum(k=1, n, binomial(n-1, k-1)*binomial(n, k-1)/k % 2); \\ _Michel Marcus_, Jul 02 2020

%Y Cf. A001263.

%K nonn

%O 1,2

%A _Sen-Peng Eu_, Jul 01 2020