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A178578 Diagonal sums of second binomial transform of the Narayana triangle A001263.

Original entry on oeis.org

1, 3, 10, 34, 118, 417, 1497, 5448, 20063, 74649, 280252, 1060439, 4040413, 15488981, 59701236, 231236830, 899559100, 3513314664, 13770811198, 54152480421, 213585706927, 844723104691, 3349274471386, 13310603555085, 53012829376985, 211560158583657, 845856494229348, 3387782725245302, 13590698721293800, 54604853170818121, 219706932640295523
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Author

Paul Barry, Dec 26 2010

Keywords

Comments

Hankel transform is the (1,-1) Somos-4 sequence A178079.

Crossrefs

Cf. A025254.

Programs

  • Magma
    m:=50; R:=PowerSeriesRing(Rationals(), m); Coefficients(R!((1 -3*x-x^2 - Sqrt(x^4+2*x^3+7*x^2-6*x+1))/(2*x^3))); // G. C. Greubel, Aug 14 2018
  • Mathematica
    Table[Sum[Sum[Binomial[n-k,j]*Binomial[j,k]*Binomial[j+1,k]*2^(n-k-j)/(k+1),{j,0,n-k}],{k,0,Floor[n/2]}],{n,0,20}] (* Vaclav Kotesovec, Mar 02 2014 *)
    CoefficientList[Series[(1-3*x-x^2 -Sqrt[x^4+2*x^3+7*x^2-6*x+1])/(2*x^3), {x, 0, 50}], x] (* G. C. Greubel, Aug 14 2018 *)
  • PARI
    a(n)=sum(k=0,floor(n/2), sum(j=0,n-k,binomial(n-k,j)*binomial(j,k)*binomial(j+1,k)*2^(n-k-j)/(k+1)));
    vector(22,n,a(n-1))
    

Formula

a(n) = A025254(n+2).
a(n) = Sum_{k=0..floor(n/2)} Sum_{j=0..n-k} C(n-k,j)*C(j,k)*C(j+1,k)*2^(n-k-j)/(k+1).
From Vaclav Kotesovec, Mar 02 2014: (Start)
Recurrence: (n+3)*a(n) = 3*(2*n+3)*a(n-1) - 7*n*a(n-2) - (2*n-3)*a(n-3) - (n-3)*a(n-4).
G.f.: (1 - 3*x - x^2 - sqrt(x^4 + 2*x^3 + 7*x^2 - 6*x + 1))/(2*x^3).
a(n) ~ (130-216*r-64*r^2-29*r^3) * sqrt(2*r^3+14*r^2-18*r+4) / (4 * sqrt(Pi) * n^(3/2) * r^n), where r = 1/6*(-3 + sqrt(3*(-11 + (1009 - 24*sqrt(183))^(1/3) + (1009 + 24*sqrt(183))^(1/3))) - sqrt(-66 - 3*(1009 - 24*sqrt(183))^(1/3) - 3*(1009 + 24*sqrt(183))^(1/3) + 216*sqrt(3/(-11 + (1009 - 24*sqrt(183))^(1/3) + (1009 + 24*sqrt(183))^(1/3))))) = 0.23742047190096998... is the root of the equation r^4 + 2*r^3 + 7*r^2 - 6*r + 1 = 0.
(End)
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