A339179 Irregular triangle read by rows: for n >= 2, 2 <= k <= floor(n/2) + 1, T(n,k) = the number of semi-meanders with n top arches, a first arch of length one and k arch groupings.

1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 4, 4, 2, 10, 10, 4, 24, 24, 14, 4, 66, 66, 34, 8, 174, 174, 106, 42, 8, 504, 504, 284, 98, 16, 1406, 1406, 878, 390, 114, 16, 4210, 4210, 2486, 1002, 258, 32, 12198, 12198, 7738, 3652, 1270, 290, 32, 37378, 37378, 22714, 9962, 3140, 642, 64, 111278, 111278, 71370, 34986, 13370, 3794, 706, 64

Offset

2,5

Links

Table of n, a(n) for n=2..65.

Formula

T(2,2) = T(3,2) = 1.

For n >= 4, T(n,2) = T(n,3) = A000682(n-2).

For n >= 6 and k >= 4, T(n,k) = Sum {x = k-1..floor(n/2)} (A259689(T(n-2,x))).

For n >= 4, A301620(n-3) = Sum {k = 4..floor((n+2)/2)} (T(n,k)).

Example

For n = 6:   /\ = arch of length one;
       /\             /\             /\             /\
      /  \           //\\           /  \           //\\       4 with 2 groupings
     /  /\\         //  \\         /    \         ///\\\
    /  /  \\       //  /\\\       //\  /\\       ////\\\\
/\ //\//\/\\\, /\ ///\//\\\\, /\ ///\\//\\\, /\ /////\\\\\,
         /\                                              /\
        //\\              /\         /\                 /  \  4 with 3 groupings
       ///\\\       /\   //\\       //\\   /\          //\  \
/\ /\ ////\\\\, /\ //\\ ///\\\, /\ ///\\\ //\\, /\ /\ ///\\/\\,
           /\                                                 2 with 4 groupings
          /  \       /\      /\
/\ /\ /\ //\/\\, /\ //\\ /\ //\\,             T(6,2) = 4, T(6,3) = 4, T(6,4) = 2;
Irregular triangle begins:
    n\k (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)
    2:   1
    3:   1
    4:   1   1
    5:   2   2
    6:   4   4   2
    7:   10  10  4
    8:   24  24  14  4
    9:   66  66  34  8
   10:   174 174 106 42  8
         ...

Crossrefs

Cf. A259689, A301620, Row sums: A000682(n-1).

Sequence in context: A290633 A038674 A330639 * A182923 A263856 A090277

Adjacent sequences: A339176 A339177 A339178 * A339180 A339181 A339182

Keyword

nonn,tabf

Author

Roger Ford, Nov 26 2020

Status

approved