OFFSET
0,3
COMMENTS
In general, for m > 1, Sum_{k=0..n} binomial(n-1,k-1) * binomial(m*k,k) / ((m-1)*k+1) ~ (m-1)^(m/2 - 2) * (1 + m^m/(m-1)^(m-1))^(n + 1/2) / (sqrt(2*Pi) * m^((m-1)/2) * n^(3/2)). - Vaclav Kotesovec, Nov 15 2021
LINKS
Seiichi Manyama, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..756
FORMULA
a(n) = Sum_{k=0..n} binomial(n-1,k-1) * binomial(8*k,k) / (7*k+1).
a(n) ~ 17600759^(n + 1/2) / (2048 * sqrt(Pi) * n^(3/2) * 7^(7*n + 3/2)). - Vaclav Kotesovec, Nov 15 2021
MAPLE
a:= n-> coeff(series(RootOf(1+x*A^8/(1-x)-A, A), x, n+1), x, n):
seq(a(n), n=0..19); # Alois P. Heinz, Nov 15 2021
MATHEMATICA
nmax = 19; A[_] = 0; Do[A[x_] = 1 + x A[x]^8/(1 - x) + O[x]^(nmax + 1) // Normal, nmax + 1]; CoefficientList[A[x], x]
Table[Sum[Binomial[n - 1, k - 1] Binomial[8 k, k]/(7 k + 1), {k, 0, n}], {n, 0, 19}]
PROG
(PARI) {a(n) = my(A=[1]); for(m=1, n, A=concat(A, 0);
A[#A] = 1 + sum(k=1, m-1, (polcoeff(Ser(A)^8, k)) )); A[n+1]}
for(n=0, 30, print1(a(n), ", ")) \\ Vaclav Kotesovec, Nov 23 2024, after Paul D. Hanna
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,changed
AUTHOR
Ilya Gutkovskiy, Nov 15 2021
STATUS
approved