A002054 Binomial coefficient C(2n+1, n-1).

1, 5, 21, 84, 330, 1287, 5005, 19448, 75582, 293930, 1144066, 4457400, 17383860, 67863915, 265182525, 1037158320, 4059928950, 15905368710, 62359143990, 244662670200, 960566918220, 3773655750150, 14833897694226, 58343356817424, 229591913401900

Offset: 1

Author

N. J. A. Sloane

Keywords

• nonn
• easy

Comments

a(n) = number of permutations in S_{n+2} containing exactly one 312 pattern. E.g., S_3 has a_1 = 1 permutations containing exactly one 312 pattern, and S_4 has a_2 = 5 permutations containing exactly one 312 pattern, namely 1423, 2413, 3124, 3142, and 4231. This comment is also true if 312 is replaced by any of 132, 213, or 231 (but not 123 or 321, for which see A003517). [Comment revised by N. J. A. Sloane, Nov 26 2022]

Number of valleys in all Dyck paths of semilength n+1. Example: a(2)=5 because UD*UD*UD, UD*UUDD, UUDD*UD, UUD*UDD, UUUDDD, where U=(1,1), D=(1,-1) and the valleys are shown by *. - Emeric Deutsch, Dec 05 2003

Number of UU's (double rises) in all Dyck paths of semilength n+1. Example: a(2)=5 because UDUDUD, UDU*UDD, U*UDDUD, U*UDUDD, U*U*UDDD, the double rises being shown by *. - Emeric Deutsch, Dec 05 2003

Number of peaks at level higher than one (high peaks) in all Dyck paths of semilength n+1. Example: a(2)=5 because UDUDUD, UDUU*DD, UU*DDUD, UU*DU*DD, UUU*DDD, the high peaks being shown by *. - Emeric Deutsch, Dec 05 2003

Number of diagonal dissections of a convex (n+3)-gon into n regions. Number of standard tableaux of shape (n,n,1) (see Stanley reference). - Emeric Deutsch, May 20 2004

Number of dissections of a convex (n+3)-gon by noncrossing diagonals into several regions, exactly n-1 of which are triangular. Example: a(2)=5 because the convex pentagon ABCDE is dissected by any of the diagonals AC, BD, CE, DA, EB into regions containing exactly 1 triangle. - Emeric Deutsch, May 31 2004

Number of jumps in all full binary trees with n+1 internal nodes. In the preorder traversal of a full binary tree, any transition from a node at a deeper level to a node on a strictly higher level is called a jump. - Emeric Deutsch, Jan 18 2007

a(n) is the total number of nonempty Dyck subpaths in all Dyck paths (A000108) of semilength n. For example, the Dyck path UUDUUDDD has Dyck subpaths stretching over positions 1-8 (the entire path), 2-3, 2-7, 4-7, 5-6 and so contributes 5 to a(4). - David Callan, Jul 25 2008

a(n+1) is the total number of ascents in the set of all n-permutations avoiding the pattern 132. For example, a(2) = 5 because there are 5 ascents in the set 123, 213, 231, 312, 321. - Cheyne Homberger, Oct 25 2013

Number of increasing tableaux of shape (n+1,n+1) with largest entry 2n+1. An increasing tableau is a semistandard tableau with strictly increasing rows and columns, and set of entries an initial segment of the positive integers. Example: a(2) = 5 counts the five tableaux (124)(235), (123)(245), (124)(345), (134)(245), (123)(245). - Oliver Pechenik, May 02 2014

a(n) is the number of noncrossing partitions of 2n+1 into n-1 blocks of size 2 and 1 block of size 3. - Oliver Pechenik, May 02 2014

Number of paths in the half-plane x>=0, from (0,0) to (2n+1,3), and consisting of steps U=(1,1) and D=(1,-1). For example, for n=2, we have the 5 paths: UUUUD, UUUDU, UUDUU, UDUUU, DUUUU. - José Luis Ramírez Ramírez, Apr 19 2015

From Gus Wiseman, Aug 20 2021: (Start)

Also the number of binary numbers with 2n+2 digits and with two more 0's than 1's. For example, the a(2) = 5 binary numbers are: 100001, 100010, 100100, 101000, 110000, with decimal values 33, 34, 36, 40, 48. Allowing first digit 0 gives A001791, ranked by A345910/A345912.

Also the number of integer compositions of 2n+2 with alternating sum -2, where the alternating sum of a sequence (y_1,...,y_k) is Sum_i (-1)^(i-1) y_i. For example, the a(3) = 21 compositions are:

(35) (152) (1124) (11141) (111113)

(251) (1223) (12131) (111212)

(1322) (13121) (111311)

(1421) (14111) (121112)

(2114) (121211)

(2213) (131111)

(2312)

(2411)

The following pertain to these compositions:

- The unordered version is A344741.

- Ranked by A345924 (reverse: A345923).

- A345197 counts compositions by length and alternating sum.

- A345925 ranks compositions with alternating sum 2 (reverse: A345922).

(End)

Examples

			G.f. = x + 5*x^2 + 21*x^3 + 84*x^4 + 330*x^5 + 1287*x^6 + 5005*x^7 + ...
		

References

• M. Abramowitz and I. A. Stegun, eds., Handbook of Mathematical Functions, National Bureau of Standards Applied Math. Series 55, 1964 (and various reprintings), p. 828.
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• N. J. A. Sloane, A Handbook of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1973 (includes this sequence).
• N. J. A. Sloane and Simon Plouffe, The Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1995 (includes this sequence).

Links

• G. C. Greubel, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..1000 (terms 1..100 computed by T. D. Noe)
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Crossrefs

Diagonal 4 of triangle A100257. Also a diagonal of A033282.

Equals (1/2) A024483(n+2). Bisection of A037951 and A037955.

Cf. A001263.

Column k=1 of A263771.

Counts terms of A031445 with 2n+2 digits in binary.

Cf. A000097, A000346, A000984, A001622, A001700, A007318, A008549, A031444, A058622, A097805, A116406, A138364, A163493, A202736.

Cf. binomial(2*n+m, n): A000984 (m = 0), A001700 (m = 1), A001791 (m = 2), A002694 (m = 4), A003516 (m = 5), A002696 (m = 6), A030053 - A030056, A004310 - A004318.

Programs

GAP

List([1..25],n->Binomial(2*n+1,n-1)); # Muniru A Asiru, Aug 09 2018

Magma

[Binomial(2*n+1, n-1): n in [1..30]]; // Vincenzo Librandi, Apr 20 2015

Maple

with(combstruct): seq((count(Composition(2*n+2), size=n)), n=1..24); # Zerinvary Lajos, May 03 2007

Mathematica

CoefficientList[Series[8/(((Sqrt[1-4x] +1)^3)*Sqrt[1-4x]), {x,0,22}], x] (* Robert G. Wilson v, Aug 08 2011 *)
a[ n_]:= Binomial[2 n + 1, n - 1]; (* Michael Somos, Apr 25 2014 *)

PARI

{a(n) = binomial( 2*n+1, n-1)};

Python

from _future_ import division
A002054_list, b = [], 1
for n in range(1,10**3):
    A002054_list.append(b)
    b = b*(2*n+2)*(2*n+3)//(n*(n+3)) # Chai Wah Wu, Jan 26 2016

Sage

[binomial(2*n+1, n-1) for n in (1..25)] # G. C. Greubel, Mar 22 2019

Formula

a(n) = Sum_{j=0..n-1} binomial(2*j, j) * binomial(2*n - 2*j, n-j-1)/(j+1). - Yong Kong (ykong(AT)curagen.com), Dec 26 2000

G.f.: z*C^4/(2-C), where C=[1-sqrt(1-4z)]/(2z) is the Catalan function. - Emeric Deutsch, Jul 05 2003

From Wolfdieter Lang, Jan 09 2004: (Start)

a(n) = binomial(2*n+1, n-1) = n*C(n+1)/2, C(n)=A000108(n) (Catalan).

G.f.: (1 - 2*x - (1-3*x)*c(x))/(x*(1-4*x)) with g.f. c(x) of A000108. (End)

G.f.: z*C(z)^3/(1-2*z*C(z)), where C(z) is the g.f. of Catalan numbers. - José Luis Ramírez Ramírez, Apr 19 2015

G.f.: 2F1(5/2, 2; 4; 4*x). - R. J. Mathar, Aug 09 2015

D-finite with recurrence: a(n+1) = a(n)*(2*n+3)*(2*n+2)/(n*(n+3)). - Chai Wah Wu, Jan 26 2016

From Ilya Gutkovskiy, Aug 30 2016: (Start)

E.g.f.: (BesselI(0,2*x) + (1 - 1/x)*BesselI(1,2*x))*exp(2*x).

a(n) ~ 2^(2*n+1)/sqrt(Pi*n). (End)

a(n) = (1/(n+1))*Sum_{i=0..n-1} (n+1-i)*binomial(2n+2,i), n >= 1. - Taras Goy, Aug 09 2018

G.f.: (x - 1 + (1 - 3*x)/sqrt(1 - 4*x))/(2*x^2). - Michael Somos, Jul 28 2021

From Amiram Eldar, Jan 24 2022: (Start)

Sum_{n>=1} 1/a(n) = 5/3 - 2*Pi/(9*sqrt(3)).

Sum_{n>=1} (-1)^(n+1)/a(n) = 52*log(phi)/(5*sqrt(5)) - 7/5, where phi is the golden ratio (A001622). (End)

a(n) = A001405(2*n+1) - A000108(n+1), n >= 1 (from Eremin link, page 7). - Gennady Eremin, Sep 05 2023

G.f.: x/(1 - 4*x)^2 * c(-x/(1 - 4*x))^3, where c(x) = (1 - sqrt(1 - 4*x))/(2*x) is the g.f. of the Catalan numbers A000108. - Peter Bala, Feb 03 2024

From Peter Bala, Oct 13 2024: (Start)

a(n) = Integral_{x = 0..4} x^n * w(x) dx, where the weight function w(x) = 1/(2*Pi) * sqrt(x)*(x - 3)/sqrt(4 - x) (see Penson).

G.f. x*/sqrt(1 - 4*x) * c(x)^3. (End)