OFFSET
0,4
COMMENTS
LINKS
Leonidas Liponis, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..5150 (100 rows flattened)
FORMULA
T(n,k) = T(n-1,k) + T(n-1,k-1) + T(n-2,k-1) + 1 with T(0,0) = T(n,-1) = T(n,n-k) = 0.
EXAMPLE
Triangle begins:
Sum | Terms
0 | 0;
2 | 1, 1;
7 | 2, 3, 2;
20 | 3, 7, 7, 3;
52 | 4, 13, 18, 13, 4;
130 | 5, 21, 39, 39, 21, 5;
319 | 6, 31, 74, 97, 74, 31, 6;
776 | 7, 43, 127, 211, 211, 127, 43, 7;
... | ...
MATHEMATICA
T[n_, k_] := T[n, k] = Piecewise[{{0, (n == 0 && k == 0) || k == -1 || n - k == -1}, {T[n - 1, k] + T[n - 1, k - 1] + T[n - 2, k - 1] + 1, n > 0 && k >= 0 && n - k >= 0}}];
TableForm[Table[T[n, k], {n, 0, 10}, {k, 0, n}], TableAlignments -> Center, TableSpacing -> {1, 1}]
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
AUTHOR
Leonidas Liponis, Dec 06 2025
STATUS
approved
