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A049403 A triangle of numbers related to triangle A030528; array a(n,m), read by rows (1 <= m <= n).

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1, 1, 1, 0, 3, 1, 0, 3, 6, 1, 0, 0, 15, 10, 1, 0, 0, 15, 45, 15, 1, 0, 0, 0, 105, 105, 21, 1, 0, 0, 0, 105, 420, 210, 28, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 945, 1260, 378, 36, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 945, 4725, 3150, 630, 45, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 10395, 17325, 6930, 990, 55, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 10395, 62370
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a(n,1) = A019590(n) = A008279(1,n). a(n,m) =: S1(-1; n,m), a member of a sequence of lower triangular Jabotinsky matrices, including S1(1; n,m) = A008275 (signed Stirling first kind), S1(2; n,m) = A008297(n,m) (signed Lah numbers). a(n,m) matrix is inverse to signed matrix ((-1)^(n-m))*A001497(n-1,m-1) (signed Bessel triangle). The monic row polynomials E(n,x) := Sum_{m=1..n} a(n,m)*x^m, E(0,x) := 1 are exponential convolution polynomials (see A039692 for the definition and a Knuth reference).
Exponential Riordan array [1+x, x(1+x/2)]. T(n,k) = A001498(k+1, n-k). - Paul Barry, Jan 15 2009

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			Triangle a(n,m) (with rows n >= 1 and columns m >= 1) begins as follows:
  1;                 with row polynomial E(1,x) = x;
  1, 1;              with row polynomial E(2,x) = x^2 + x;
  0, 3,  1;          with row polynomial E(3,x) = 3*x^2 + x^3;
  0, 3,  6,   1;     with row polynomial E(4,x) = 3*x^2 + 6*x^3 + x^4;
  0, 0, 15,  10,   1;
  0, 0, 15,  45,  15,   1;
  0, 0,  0, 105, 105,  21,  1;
  0, 0,  0, 105, 420, 210, 28, 1;
  ...
		

Crossrefs

Variations of this array: A096713, A104556, A122848, A130757.

Programs

  • Maple
    # The function BellMatrix is defined in A264428.
    # Adds (1,0,0,0, ..) as column 0.
    BellMatrix(n -> `if`(n<2,1,0), 9); # Peter Luschny, Jan 28 2016
  • Mathematica
    t[n_, k_] := k!*Binomial[n, k]/((2 k - n)!*2^(n - k)); Table[ t[n, k], {n, 11}, {k, n}] // Flatten
    (* Second program: *)
    BellMatrix[f_Function, len_] := With[{t = Array[f, len, 0]}, Table[BellY[n, k, t], {n, 0, len-1}, {k, 0, len-1}]];
    rows = 13;
    M = BellMatrix[If[#<2, 1, 0]&, rows];
    Table[M[[n, k]], {n, 2, rows}, {k, 2, n}] // Flatten (* Jean-François Alcover, Jun 23 2018, after Peter Luschny *)

Formula

a(n, m) = n!*A030528(n, m)/(m!*2^(n-m)) for n >= m >= 1.
a(n, m) = (2*m-n+1)*a(n-1, m) + a(n-1, m-1) for n >= m >= 1 with a(n, m) = 0 for n < m, a(n, 0) := 0, and a(1, 1) = 1. [The 0th column does not appear in this array. - Petros Hadjicostas, Oct 28 2019]
E.g.f. for the m-th column: (x*(1 + x/2))^m/m!.
a(n,m) = A122848(n,m). - R. J. Mathar, Jan 14 2011

A179198 Matrix log of triangle A030528, where A030528(n,k) = C(k,n-k).

Original entry on oeis.org

0, 1, 0, -2, 2, 0, 9, -4, 3, 0, -64, 18, -6, 4, 0, 620, -128, 27, -8, 5, 0, -7536, 1240, -192, 36, -10, 6, 0, 109032, -15072, 1860, -256, 45, -12, 7, 0, -1809984, 218064, -22608, 2480, -320, 54, -14, 8, 0, 33562944, -3619968, 327096, -30144, 3100, -384, 63, -16
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Paul D. Hanna, Jul 09 2010

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			Triangle L begins:
0;
1,0;
-2,2,0;
9,-4,3,0;
-64,18,-6,4,0;
620,-128,27,-8,5,0;
-7536,1240,-192,36,-10,6,0;
109032,-15072,1860,-256,45,-12,7,0;
-1809984,218064,-22608,2480,-320,54,-14,8,0;
33562944,-3619968,327096,-30144,3100,-384,63,-16,9,0;
-681799680,67125888,-5429952,436128,-37680,3720,-448,72,-18,10,0;
14980204800,-1363599360,100688832,-7239936,545160,-45216,4340,-512,81,-20,11,0; ...
where column_k = (k+1)*column_0: L(n,k) = (k+1)*L(n-k,0).
		

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Cf. A179199 (column 0), A179200, A179201, A030528.

Programs

  • PARI
    {L(n,k)=local(A030528=matrix(n+1,n+1,r,c,if(r>=c,binomial(c,r-c))),LOG,ID=A030528^0); LOG=sum(m=1,n+1,-(ID-A030528)^m/m);(n-k)!*LOG[n+1,k+1]}

Formula

L(n,k) = (k+1)*L(n-k,0).
E.g.f. of column 0 satisfies: G(x) = (1+x)/(1+2*x)*G(x+x^2); more formulas given in A179199.

A000045 Fibonacci numbers: F(n) = F(n-1) + F(n-2) with F(0) = 0 and F(1) = 1.

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0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89, 144, 233, 377, 610, 987, 1597, 2584, 4181, 6765, 10946, 17711, 28657, 46368, 75025, 121393, 196418, 317811, 514229, 832040, 1346269, 2178309, 3524578, 5702887, 9227465, 14930352, 24157817, 39088169, 63245986, 102334155
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D. E. Knuth writes: "Before Fibonacci wrote his work, the sequence F_{n} had already been discussed by Indian scholars, who had long been interested in rhythmic patterns that are formed from one-beat and two-beat notes. The number of such rhythms having n beats altogether is F_{n+1}; therefore both Gopāla (before 1135) and Hemachandra (c. 1150) mentioned the numbers 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, ... explicitly." (TAOCP Vol. 1, 2nd ed.) - Peter Luschny, Jan 11 2015
In keeping with historical accounts (see the references by P. Singh and S. Kak), the generalized Fibonacci sequence a, b, a + b, a + 2b, 2a + 3b, 3a + 5b, ... can also be described as the Gopala-Hemachandra numbers H(n) = H(n-1) + H(n-2), with F(n) = H(n) for a = b = 1, and Lucas sequence L(n) = H(n) for a = 2, b = 1. - Lekraj Beedassy, Jan 11 2015
Susantha Goonatilake writes: "[T]his sequence was well known in South Asia and used in the metrical sciences. Its development is attributed in part to Pingala (200 BC), later being associated with Virahanka (circa 700 AD), Gopala (circa 1135), and Hemachandra (circa 1150)—all of whom lived and worked prior to Fibonacci." (Toward a Global Science: Mining Civilizational Knowledge, p. 126) - Russ Cox, Sep 08 2021
Also sometimes called Hemachandra numbers.
Also sometimes called Lamé's sequence.
For a photograph of "Fibonacci"'s 1202 book, see the Leonardo of Pisa link below.
F(n+2) = number of binary sequences of length n that have no consecutive 0's.
F(n+2) = number of subsets of {1,2,...,n} that contain no consecutive integers.
F(n+1) = number of tilings of a 2 X n rectangle by 2 X 1 dominoes.
F(n+1) = number of matchings (i.e., Hosoya index) in a path graph on n vertices: F(5)=5 because the matchings of the path graph on the vertices A, B, C, D are the empty set, {AB}, {BC}, {CD} and {AB, CD}. - Emeric Deutsch, Jun 18 2001
F(n) = number of compositions of n+1 with no part equal to 1. [Cayley, Grimaldi]
Positive terms are the solutions to z = 2*x*y^4 + (x^2)*y^3 - 2*(x^3)*y^2 - y^5 - (x^4)*y + 2*y for x,y >= 0 (Ribenboim, page 193). When x=F(n), y=F(n + 1) and z > 0 then z=F(n + 1).
For Fibonacci search see Knuth, Vol. 3; Horowitz and Sahni; etc.
F(n) is the diagonal sum of the entries in Pascal's triangle at 45 degrees slope. - Amarnath Murthy, Dec 29 2001 (i.e., row sums of A030528, R. J. Mathar, Oct 28 2021)
F(n+1) is the number of perfect matchings in ladder graph L_n = P_2 X P_n. - Sharon Sela (sharonsela(AT)hotmail.com), May 19 2002
F(n+1) = number of (3412,132)-, (3412,213)- and (3412,321)-avoiding involutions in S_n.
This is also the Horadam sequence (0,1,1,1). - Ross La Haye, Aug 18 2003
An INVERT transform of A019590. INVERT([1,1,2,3,5,8,...]) gives A000129. INVERT([1,2,3,5,8,13,21,...]) gives A028859. - Antti Karttunen, Dec 12 2003
Number of meaningful differential operations of the k-th order on the space R^3. - Branko Malesevic, Mar 02 2004
F(n) = number of compositions of n-1 with no part greater than 2. Example: F(4) = 3 because we have 3 = 1+1+1 = 1+2 = 2+1.
F(n) = number of compositions of n into odd parts; e.g., F(6) counts 1+1+1+1+1+1, 1+1+1+3, 1+1+3+1, 1+3+1+1, 1+5, 3+1+1+1, 3+3, 5+1. - Clark Kimberling, Jun 22 2004
F(n) = number of binary words of length n beginning with 0 and having all runlengths odd; e.g., F(6) counts 010101, 010111, 010001, 011101, 011111, 000101, 000111, 000001. - Clark Kimberling, Jun 22 2004
The number of sequences (s(0),s(1),...,s(n)) such that 0 < s(i) < 5, |s(i)-s(i-1)|=1 and s(0)=1 is F(n+1); e.g., F(5+1) = 8 corresponds to 121212, 121232, 121234, 123212, 123232, 123234, 123432, 123434. - Clark Kimberling, Jun 22 2004 [corrected by Neven Juric, Jan 09 2009]
Likewise F(6+1) = 13 corresponds to these thirteen sequences with seven numbers: 1212121, 1212123, 1212321, 1212323, 1212343, 1232121, 1232123, 1232321, 1232323, 1232343, 1234321, 1234323, 1234343. - Neven Juric, Jan 09 2008
A relationship between F(n) and the Mandelbrot set is discussed in the link "Le nombre d'or dans l'ensemble de Mandelbrot" (in French). - Gerald McGarvey, Sep 19 2004
For n > 0, the continued fraction for F(2n-1)*phi = [F(2n); L(2n-1), L(2n-1), L(2n-1), ...] and the continued fraction for F(2n)*phi = [F(2n+1)-1; 1, L(2n)-2, 1, L(2n)-2, ...]. Also true: F(2n)*phi = [F(2n+1); -L(2n), L(2n), -L(2n), L(2n), ...] where L(i) is the i-th Lucas number (A000204). - Clark Kimberling, Nov 28 2004 [corrected by Hieronymus Fischer, Oct 20 2010]
For any nonzero number k, the continued fraction [4,4,...,4,k], which is n 4's and a single k, equals (F(3n) + k*F(3n+3))/(F(3n-3) + k*F(3n)). - Greg Dresden, Aug 07 2019
F(n+1) (for n >= 1) = number of permutations p of 1,2,3,...,n such that |k-p(k)| <= 1 for k=1,2,...,n. (For <= 2 and <= 3, see A002524 and A002526.) - Clark Kimberling, Nov 28 2004
The ratios F(n+1)/F(n) for n > 0 are the convergents to the simple continued fraction expansion of the golden section. - Jonathan Sondow, Dec 19 2004
Lengths of successive words (starting with a) under the substitution: {a -> ab, b -> a}. - Jeroen F.J. Laros, Jan 22 2005
The Fibonacci sequence, like any additive sequence, naturally tends to be geometric with common ratio not a rational power of 10; consequently, for a sufficiently large number of terms, Benford's law of first significant digit (i.e., first digit 1 <= d <= 9 occurring with probability log_10(d+1) - log_10(d)) holds. - Lekraj Beedassy, Apr 29 2005 (See Brown-Duncan, 1970. - N. J. A. Sloane, Feb 12 2017)
F(n+2) = Sum_{k=0..n} binomial(floor((n+k)/2),k), row sums of A046854. - Paul Barry, Mar 11 2003
Number of order ideals of the "zig-zag" poset. See vol. 1, ch. 3, prob. 23 of Stanley. - Mitch Harris, Dec 27 2005
F(n+1)/F(n) is also the Farey fraction sequence (see A097545 for explanation) for the golden ratio, which is the only number whose Farey fractions and continued fractions are the same. - Joshua Zucker, May 08 2006
a(n+2) is the number of paths through 2 plates of glass with n reflections (reflections occurring at plate/plate or plate/air interfaces). Cf. A006356-A006359. - Mitch Harris, Jul 06 2006
F(n+1) equals the number of downsets (i.e., decreasing subsets) of an n-element fence, i.e., an ordered set of height 1 on {1,2,...,n} with 1 > 2 < 3 > 4 < ... n and no other comparabilities. Alternatively, F(n+1) equals the number of subsets A of {1,2,...,n} with the property that, if an odd k is in A, then the adjacent elements of {1,2,...,n} belong to A, i.e., both k - 1 and k + 1 are in A (provided they are in {1,2,...,n}). - Brian Davey, Aug 25 2006
Number of Kekulé structures in polyphenanthrenes. See the paper by Lukovits and Janezic for details. - Parthasarathy Nambi, Aug 22 2006
Inverse: With phi = (sqrt(5) + 1)/2, round(log_phi(sqrt((sqrt(5) a(n) + sqrt(5 a(n)^2 - 4))(sqrt(5) a(n) + sqrt(5 a(n)^2 + 4)))/2)) = n for n >= 3, obtained by rounding the arithmetic mean of the inverses given in A001519 and A001906. - David W. Cantrell (DWCantrell(AT)sigmaxi.net), Feb 19 2007
A result of Jacobi from 1848 states that every symmetric matrix over a p.i.d. is congruent to a triple-diagonal matrix. Consider the maximal number T(n) of summands in the determinant of an n X n triple-diagonal matrix. This is the same as the number of summands in such a determinant in which the main-, sub- and superdiagonal elements are all nonzero. By expanding on the first row we see that the sequence of T(n)'s is the Fibonacci sequence without the initial stammer on the 1's. - Larry Gerstein (gerstein(AT)math.ucsb.edu), Mar 30 2007
Suppose psi=log(phi). We get the representation F(n)=(2/sqrt(5))*sinh(n*psi) if n is even; F(n)=(2/sqrt(5))*cosh(n*psi) if n is odd. There is a similar representation for Lucas numbers (A000032). Many Fibonacci formulas now easily follow from appropriate sinh and cosh formulas. For example: the de Moivre theorem (cosh(x)+sinh(x))^m = cosh(mx)+sinh(mx) produces L(n)^2 + 5F(n)^2 = 2L(2n) and L(n)F(n) = F(2n) (setting x=n*psi and m=2). - Hieronymus Fischer, Apr 18 2007
Inverse: floor(log_phi(sqrt(5)*F(n)) + 1/2) = n, for n > 1. Also for n > 0, floor((1/2)*log_phi(5*F(n)*F(n+1))) = n. Extension valid for integer n, except n=0,-1: floor((1/2)*sign(F(n)*F(n+1))*log_phi|5*F(n)*F(n+1)|) = n (where sign(x) = sign of x). - Hieronymus Fischer, May 02 2007
F(n+2) = the number of Khalimsky-continuous functions with a two-point codomain. - Shiva Samieinia (shiva(AT)math.su.se), Oct 04 2007
This is a_1(n) in the Doroslovacki reference.
Let phi = A001622 then phi^n = (1/phi)*a(n) + a(n+1). - Gary W. Adamson, Dec 15 2007
The sequence of first differences, F(n+1)-F(n), is essentially the same sequence: 1, 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89, 144, ... - Colm Mulcahy, Mar 03 2008
Equals row sums of triangle A144152. - Gary W. Adamson, Sep 12 2008
Except for the initial term, the numerator of the convergents to the recursion x = 1/(x+1). - Cino Hilliard, Sep 15 2008
F(n) is the number of possible binary sequences of length n that obey the sequential construction rule: if last symbol is 0, add the complement (1); else add 0 or 1. Here 0,1 are metasymbols for any 2-valued symbol set. This rule has obvious similarities to JFJ Laros's rule, but is based on addition rather than substitution and creates a tree rather than a single sequence. - Ross Drewe, Oct 05 2008
F(n) = Product_{k=1..(n-1)/2} (1 + 4*cos^2 k*Pi/n), where terms = roots to the Fibonacci product polynomials, A152063. - Gary W. Adamson, Nov 22 2008
Fp == 5^((p-1)/2) mod p, p = prime [Schroeder, p. 90]. - Gary W. Adamson & Alexander R. Povolotsky, Feb 21 2009
A000032(n)^2 - 5*F(n)^2 = 4*(-1)^n. - Gary W. Adamson, Mar 11 2009
Output of Kasteleyn's formula for the number of perfect matchings of an m X n grid specializes to the Fibonacci sequence for m=2. - Sarah-Marie Belcastro, Jul 04 2009
(F(n),F(n+4)) satisfies the Diophantine equation: X^2 + Y^2 - 7XY = 9*(-1)^n. - Mohamed Bouhamida, Sep 06 2009
(F(n),F(n+2)) satisfies the Diophantine equation: X^2 + Y^2 - 3XY = (-1)^n. - Mohamed Bouhamida, Sep 08 2009
a(n+2) = A083662(A131577(n)). - Reinhard Zumkeller, Sep 26 2009
Difference between number of closed walks of length n+1 from a node on a pentagon and number of walks of length n+1 between two adjacent nodes on a pentagon. - Henry Bottomley, Feb 10 2010
F(n+1) = number of Motzkin paths of length n having exactly one weak ascent. A Motzkin path of length n is a lattice path from (0,0) to (n,0) consisting of U=(1,1), D=(1,-1) and H=(1,0) steps and never going below the x-axis. A weak ascent in a Motzkin path is a maximal sequence of consecutive U and H steps. Example: a(5)=5 because we have (HHHH), (HHU)D, (HUH)D, (UHH)D, and (UU)DD (the unique weak ascent is shown between parentheses; see A114690). - Emeric Deutsch, Mar 11 2010
(F(n-1) + F(n+1))^2 - 5*F(n-2)*F(n+2) = 9*(-1)^n. - Mohamed Bouhamida, Mar 31 2010
From the Pinter and Ziegler reference's abstract: authors "show that essentially the Fibonacci sequence is the unique binary recurrence which contains infinitely many three-term arithmetic progressions. A criterion for general linear recurrences having infinitely many three-term arithmetic progressions is also given." - Jonathan Vos Post, May 22 2010
F(n+1) = number of paths of length n starting at initial node on the path graph P_4. - Johannes W. Meijer, May 27 2010
F(k) = number of cyclotomic polynomials in denominator of generating function for number of ways to place k nonattacking queens on an n X n board. - Vaclav Kotesovec, Jun 07 2010
As n->oo, (a(n)/a(n-1) - a(n-1)/a(n)) tends to 1.0. Example: a(12)/a(11) - a(11)/a(12) = 144/89 - 89/144 = 0.99992197.... - Gary W. Adamson, Jul 16 2010
From Hieronymus Fischer, Oct 20 2010: (Start)
Fibonacci numbers are those numbers m such that m*phi is closer to an integer than k*phi for all k, 1 <= k < m. More formally: a(0)=0, a(1)=1, a(2)=1, a(n+1) = minimal m > a(n) such that m*phi is closer to an integer than a(n)*phi.
For all numbers 1 <= k < F(n), the inequality |k*phi-round(k*phi)| > |F(n)*phi-round(F(n)*phi)| holds.
F(n)*phi - round(F(n)*phi) = -((-phi)^(-n)), for n > 1.
Fract(1/2 + F(n)*phi) = 1/2 -(-phi)^(-n), for n > 1.
Fract(F(n)*phi) = (1/2)*(1 + (-1)^n) - (-phi)^(-n), n > 1.
Inverse: n = -log_phi |1/2 - fract(1/2 + F(n)*phi)|.
(End)
F(A001177(n)*k) mod n = 0, for any integer k. - Gary Detlefs, Nov 27 2010
F(n+k)^2 - F(n)^2 = F(k)*F(2n+k), for even k. - Gary Detlefs, Dec 04 2010
F(n+k)^2 + F(n)^2 = F(k)*F(2n+k), for odd k. - Gary Detlefs, Dec 04 2010
F(n) = round(phi*F(n-1)) for n > 1. - Joseph P. Shoulak, Jan 13 2012
For n > 0: a(n) = length of n-th row in Wythoff array A003603. - Reinhard Zumkeller, Jan 26 2012
From Bridget Tenner, Feb 22 2012: (Start)
The number of free permutations of [n].
The number of permutations of [n] for which s_k in supp(w) implies s_{k+-1} not in supp(w).
The number of permutations of [n] in which every decomposition into length(w) reflections is actually composed of simple reflections. (End)
The sequence F(n+1)^(1/n) is increasing. The sequence F(n+2)^(1/n) is decreasing. - Thomas Ordowski, Apr 19 2012
Two conjectures: For n > 1, F(n+2)^2 mod F(n+1)^2 = F(n)*F(n+1) - (-1)^n. For n > 0, (F(2n) + F(2n+2))^2 = F(4n+3) + Sum_{k = 2..2n} F(2k). - Alex Ratushnyak, May 06 2012
From Ravi Kumar Davala, Jan 30 2014: (Start)
Proof of Ratushnyak's first conjecture: For n > 1, F(n+2)^2 - F(n)*F(n+1) + (-1)^n = 2*F(n+1)^2.
Consider: F(n+2)^2 - F(n)*F(n+1) - 2*F(n+1)^2
= F(n+2)^2 - F(n+1)^2 - F(n+1)^2 - F(n)*F(n+1)
= (F(n+2) + F(n+1))*(F(n+2) - F(n+1)) - F(n+1)*(F(n+1) + F(n))
= F(n+3)*F(n) - F(n+1)*F(n+2) = -(-1)^n.
Proof of second conjecture: L(n) stands for Lucas number sequence from A000032.
Consider the fact that
L(2n+1)^2 = L(4n+2) - 2
(F(2n) + F(2n+2))^2 = F(4n+1) + F(4n+3) - 2
(F(2n) + F(2n+2))^2 = (Sum_{k = 2..2n} F(2k)) + F(4n+3).
(End)
The relationship: INVERT transform of (1,1,0,0,0,...) = (1, 2, 3, 5, 8, ...), while the INVERT transform of (1,0,1,0,1,0,1,...) = (1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, ...) is equivalent to: The numbers of compositions using parts 1 and 2 is equivalent to the numbers of compositions using parts == 1 (mod 2) (i.e., the odd integers). Generally, the numbers of compositions using parts 1 and k is equivalent to the numbers of compositions of (n+1) using parts 1 mod k. Cf. A000930 for k = 3 and A003269 for k = 4. Example: for k = 2, n = 4 we have the compositions (22; 211, 121; 112; 1111) = 5; but using parts 1 and 3 we have for n = 5: (311, 131, 113, 11111, 5) = 5. - Gary W. Adamson, Jul 05 2012
The sequence F(n) is the binomial transformation of the alternating sequence (-1)^(n-1)*F(n), whereas the sequence F(n+1) is the binomial transformation of the alternating sequence (-1)^n*F(n-1). Both of these facts follow easily from the equalities a(n;1)=F(n+1) and b(n;1)=F(n) where a(n;d) and b(n;d) are so-called "delta-Fibonacci" numbers as defined in comments to A014445 (see also the papers of Witula et al.). - Roman Witula, Jul 24 2012
F(n) is the number of different (n-1)-digit binary numbers such that all substrings of length > 1 have at least one digit equal to 1. Example: for n = 5 there are 8 binary numbers with n - 1 = 4 digits (1000, 1001, 1010, 1011, 1100, 1101, 1110, 1111), only the F(n) = 5 numbers 1010, 1011, 1101, 1110 and 1111 have the desired property. - Hieronymus Fischer, Nov 30 2012
For positive n, F(n+1) equals the determinant of the n X n tridiagonal matrix with 1's along the main diagonal, i's along the superdiagonal and along the subdiagonal where i = sqrt(-1). Example: Det([1,i,0,0; i,1,i,0; 0,i,1,i; 0,0,i,1]) = F(4+1) = 5. - Philippe Deléham, Feb 24 2013
For n >= 1, number of compositions of n where there is a drop between every second pair of parts, starting with the first and second part; see example. Also, a(n+1) is the number of compositions where there is a drop between every second pair of parts, starting with the second and third part; see example. - Joerg Arndt, May 21 2013 [see the Hopkins/Tangboonduangjit reference for a proof, see also the Checa reference for alternative proofs and statistics]
Central terms of triangles in A162741 and A208245, n > 0. - Reinhard Zumkeller, Jul 28 2013
For n >= 4, F(n-1) is the number of simple permutations in the geometric grid class given in A226433. - Jay Pantone, Sep 08 2013
a(n) are the pentagon (not pentagonal) numbers because the algebraic degree 2 number rho(5) = 2*cos(Pi/5) = phi (golden section), the length ratio diagonal/side in a pentagon, has minimal polynomial C(5,x) = x^2 - x - 1 (see A187360, n=5), hence rho(5)^n = a(n-1)*1 + a(n)*rho(5), n >= 0, in the power basis of the algebraic number field Q(rho(5)). One needs a(-1) = 1 here. See also the P. Steinbach reference under A049310. - Wolfdieter Lang, Oct 01 2013
A010056(a(n)) = 1. - Reinhard Zumkeller, Oct 10 2013
Define F(-n) to be F(n) for n odd and -F(n) for n even. Then for all n and k, F(n+2k)^2 - F(n)^2 = F(n+k)*( F(n+3k) - F(n-k) ). - Charlie Marion, Dec 20 2013
( F(n), F(n+2k) ) satisfies the Diophantine equation: X^2 + Y^2 - L(2k)*X*Y = F(4k)^2*(-1)^n. This generalizes Bouhamida's comments dated Sep 06 2009 and Sep 08 2009. - Charlie Marion, Jan 07 2014
For any prime p there is an infinite periodic subsequence within F(n) divisible by p, that begins at index n = 0 with value 0, and its first nonzero term at n = A001602(i), and period k = A001602(i). Also see A236479. - Richard R. Forberg, Jan 26 2014
Range of row n of the circular Pascal array of order 5. - Shaun V. Ault, May 30 2014 [orig. Kicey-Klimko 2011, and observations by Glen Whitehead; more general work found in Ault-Kicey 2014]
Nonnegative range of the quintic polynomial 2*y - y^5 + 2*x*y^4 + x^2*y^3 - 2*x^3*y^2 - x^4*y with x, y >= 0, see Jones 1975. - Charles R Greathouse IV, Jun 01 2014
The expression round(1/(F(k+1)/F(n) + F(k)/F(n+1))), for n > 0, yields a Fibonacci sequence with k-1 leading zeros (with rounding 0.5 to 0). - Richard R. Forberg, Aug 04 2014
Conjecture: For n > 0, F(n) is the number of all admissible residue classes for which specific finite subsequences of the Collatz 3n + 1 function consists of n+2 terms. This has been verified for 0 < n < 51. For details see Links. - Mike Winkler, Oct 03 2014
a(4)=3 and a(6)=8 are the only Fibonacci numbers that are of the form prime+1. - Emmanuel Vantieghem, Oct 02 2014
a(1)=1=a(2), a(3)=2 are the only Fibonacci numbers that are of the form prime-1. - Emmanuel Vantieghem, Jun 07 2015
Any consecutive pair (m, k) of the Fibonacci sequence a(n) illustrates a fair equivalence between m miles and k kilometers. For instance, 8 miles ~ 13 km; 13 miles ~ 21 km. - Lekraj Beedassy, Oct 06 2014
a(n+1) counts closed walks on K_2, containing one loop on the other vertex. Equivalently the (1,1)entry of A^(n+1) where the adjacency matrix of digraph is A=(0,1; 1,1). - _David Neil McGrath, Oct 29 2014
a(n-1) counts closed walks on the graph G(1-vertex;l-loop,2-loop). - David Neil McGrath, Nov 26 2014
From Tom Copeland, Nov 02 2014: (Start)
Let P(x) = x/(1+x) with comp. inverse Pinv(x) = x/(1-x) = -P[-x], and C(x) = [1-sqrt(1-4x)]/2, an o.g.f. for the shifted Catalan numbers A000108, with inverse Cinv(x) = x * (1-x).
Fin(x) = P[C(x)] = C(x)/[1 + C(x)] is an o.g.f. for the Fine numbers, A000957 with inverse Fin^(-1)(x) = Cinv[Pinv(x)] = Cinv[-P(-x)].
Mot(x) = C[P(x)] = C[-Pinv(-x)] gives an o.g.f. for shifted A005043, the Motzkin or Riordan numbers with comp. inverse Mot^(-1)(x) = Pinv[Cinv(x)] = (x - x^2) / (1 - x + x^2) (cf. A057078).
BTC(x) = C[Pinv(x)] gives A007317, a binomial transform of the Catalan numbers, with BTC^(-1)(x) = P[Cinv(x)].
Fib(x) = -Fin[Cinv(Cinv(-x))] = -P[Cinv(-x)] = x + 2 x^2 + 3 x^3 + 5 x^4 + ... = (x+x^2)/[1-x-x^2] is an o.g.f. for the shifted Fibonacci sequence A000045, so the comp. inverse is Fib^(-1)(x) = -C[Pinv(-x)] = -BTC(-x) and Fib(x) = -BTC^(-1)(-x).
Generalizing to P(x,t) = x /(1 + t*x) and Pinv(x,t) = x /(1 - t*x) = -P(-x,t) gives other relations to lattice paths, such as the o.g.f. for A091867, C[P[x,1-t]], and that for A104597, Pinv[Cinv(x),t+1].
(End)
F(n+1) equals the number of binary words of length n avoiding runs of zeros of odd lengths. - Milan Janjic, Jan 28 2015
From Russell Jay Hendel, Apr 12 2015: (Start)
We prove Conjecture 1 of Rashid listed in the Formula section.
We use the following notation: F(n)=A000045(n), the Fibonacci numbers, and L(n) = A000032(n), the Lucas numbers. The fundamental Fibonacci-Lucas recursion asserts that G(n) = G(n-1) + G(n-2), with "L" or "F" replacing "G".
We need the following prerequisites which we label (A), (B), (C), (D). The prerequisites are formulas in the Koshy book listed in the References section. (A) F(m-1) + F(m+1) = L(m) (Koshy, p. 97, #32), (B) L(2m) + 2*(-1)^m = L(m)^2 (Koshy p. 97, #41), (C) F(m+k)*F(m-k) = (-1)^n*F(k)^2 (Koshy, p. 113, #24, Tagiuri's identity), and (D) F(n)^2 + F(n+1)^2 = F(2n+1) (Koshy, p. 97, #30).
We must also prove (E), L(n+2)*F(n-1) = F(2n+1)+2*(-1)^n. To prove (E), first note that by (A), proof of (E) is equivalent to proving that F(n+1)*F(n-1) + F(n+3)*F(n-1) = F(2n+1) + 2*(-1)^n. But by (C) with k=1, we have F(n+1)*F(n-1) = F(n)^2 + (-1)^n. Applying (C) again with k=2 and m=n+1, we have F(n+3)*F(n-1) = F(n+1) + (-1)^n. Adding these two applications of (C) together and using (D) we have F(n+1)*F(n-1) + F(n+3)*F(n-1) = F(n)^2 + F(n+1)^2 + 2*(-1)^n = F(2n+1) + 2(-1)^n, completing the proof of (E).
We now prove Conjecture 1. By (A) and the Fibonacci-Lucas recursion, we have F(2n+1) + F(2n+2) + F(2n+3) + F(2n+4) = (F(2n+1) + F(2n+3)) + (F(2n+2) + F(2n+4)) = L(2n+2) +L(2n+3) = L(2n+4). But then by (B), with m=2n+4, we have sqrt(L(2n+4) + 2(-1)^n) = L(n+2). Finally by (E), we have L(n+2)*F(n-1) = F(2n+1) + 2*(-1)^n. Dividing both sides by F(n-1), we have (F(2n+1) + 2*(-1)^n)/F(n-1) = L(n+2) = sqrt(F(2n+1) + F(2n+2) + F(2n+3) + F(2n+4) + 2(-1)^n), as required.
(End)
In Fibonacci's Liber Abaci the rabbit problem appears in the translation of L. E. Sigler on pp. 404-405, and a remark [27] on p. 637. - Wolfdieter Lang, Apr 17 2015
a(n) counts partially ordered partitions of (n-1) into parts 1,2,3 where only the order of adjacent 1's and 2's are unimportant. (See example.) - David Neil McGrath, Jul 27 2015
F(n) divides F(n*k). Proved by Marjorie Bicknell and Verner E Hoggatt Jr. - Juhani Heino, Aug 24 2015
F(n) is the number of UDU-equivalence classes of ballot paths of length n. Two ballot paths of length n with steps U = (1,1), D = (1,-1) are UDU-equivalent whenever the positions of UDU are the same in both paths. - Kostas Manes, Aug 25 2015
Cassini's identity F(2n+1) * F(2n+3) = F(2n+2)^2 + 1 is the basis for a geometrical paradox (or dissection fallacy) in A262342. - Jonathan Sondow, Oct 23 2015
For n >= 4, F(n) is the number of up-down words on alphabet {1,2,3} of length n-2. - Ran Pan, Nov 23 2015
F(n+2) is the number of terms in p(n), where p(n)/q(n) is the n-th convergent of the formal infinite continued fraction [a(0),a(1),...]; e.g., p(3) = a(0)a(1)a(2)a(3) + a(0)a(1) + a(0)a(3) + a(2)a(3) + 1 has F(5) terms. Also, F(n+1) is the number of terms in q(n). - Clark Kimberling, Dec 23 2015
F(n+1) (for n >= 1) is the permanent of an n X n matrix M with M(i,j)=1 if |i-j| <= 1 and 0 otherwise. - Dmitry Efimov, Jan 08 2016
A trapezoid has three sides of lengths in order F(n), F(n+2), F(n). For increasing n a very close approximation to the maximum area will have the fourth side equal to 2*F(n+1). For a trapezoid with lengths of sides in order F(n+2), F(n), F(n+2), the fourth side will be F(n+3). - J. M. Bergot, Mar 17 2016
(1) Join two triangles with lengths of sides L(n), F(n+3), L(n+2) and F(n+2), L(n+1), L(n+2) (where L(n)=A000032(n)) along the common side of length L(n+2) to create an irregular quadrilateral. Its area is approximately 5*F(2*n-1) - (F(2*n-7) - F(2*n-13))/5. (2) Join two triangles with lengths of sides L(n), F(n+2), F(n+3) and L(n+1), F(n+1), F(n+3) along the common side F(n+3) to form an irregular quadrilateral. Its area is approximately 4*F(2*n-1) - 2*(F(2*n-7) + F(2*n-18)). - J. M. Bergot, Apr 06 2016
From Clark Kimberling, Jun 13 2016: (Start)
Let T* be the infinite tree with root 0 generated by these rules: if p is in T*, then p+1 is in T* and x*p is in T*.
Let g(n) be the set of nodes in the n-th generation, so that g(0) = {0}, g(1) = {1}, g(2) = {2, x}, g(3) = {3, 2x, x+1, x^2}, etc.
Let T(r) be the tree obtained by substituting r for x.
If a positive integer N is not a square and r = sqrt(N), then the number of (not necessarily distinct) integers in g(n) is A000045(n), for n >= 1. See A274142. (End)
Consider the partitions of n, with all summands initially listed in nonincreasing order. Freeze all the 1's in place and then allow all the other summands to change their order, without displacing any of the 1's. The resulting number of arrangements is a(n+1). - Gregory L. Simay, Jun 14 2016
Limit of the matrix power M^k shown in A163733, Sep 14 2016, as k->infinity results in a single column vector equal to the Fibonacci sequence. - Gary W. Adamson, Sep 19 2016
F(n) and Lucas numbers L(n), being related by the formulas F(n) = (F(n-1) + L(n-1))/2 and L(n) = 2 F(n+1) - F(n), are a typical pair of "autosequences" (see the link to OEIS Wiki). - Jean-François Alcover, Jun 10 2017
Also the number of independent vertex sets and vertex covers in the (n-2)-path graph. - Eric W. Weisstein, Sep 22 2017
Shifted numbers of {UD, DU, FD, DF}-equivalence classes of Łukasiewicz paths. Łukasiewicz paths are P-equivalent iff the positions of pattern P are identical in these paths. - Sergey Kirgizov, Apr 08 2018
For n > 0, F(n) = the number of Markov equivalence classes with skeleton the path on n nodes. See Theorem 2.1 in the article by A. Radhakrishnan et al. below. - Liam Solus, Aug 23 2018
For n >= 2, also: number of terms in A032858 (every other base-3 digit is strictly smaller than its neighbors) with n-2 digits in base 3. - M. F. Hasler, Oct 05 2018
F(n+1) is the number of fixed points of the Foata transformation on S_n. - Kevin Long, Oct 17 2018
F(n+2) is the dimension of the Hecke algebra of type A_n with independent parameters (0,1,0,1,...) or (1,0,1,0,...). See Corollary 1.5 in the link "Hecke algebras with independent parameters". - Jia Huang, Jan 20 2019
The sequence is the second INVERT transform of (1, -1, 2, -3, 5, -8, 13, ...) and is the first sequence in an infinite set of successive INVERT transforms generated from (1, 0, 1, 0, 1, ...). Refer to the array shown in A073133. - Gary W. Adamson, Jul 16 2019
From Kai Wang, Dec 16 2019: (Start)
F(n*k)/F(k) = Sum_{i=0..n-1; j=0..n-1; i+2*j=n-1} (-1)^(j*(k-1))*L(k)^i*((i+j)!/(i!*j!)).
F((2*m+1)*k)/F(k) = Sum_{i=0..m-1} (-1)^(i*k)*L((2*m-2*i)*k) + (-1)^(m*k).
F(2*m*k)/F(k) = Sum_{i=0..m-1} (-1)^(i*k)*L((2*m-2*i-1)*k).
F(m+s)*F(n+r) - F(m+r)*F(n+s) = (-1)^(n+s)*F(m-n)*F(r-s).
F(m+r)*F(n+s) + F(m+s)*F(n+r) = (2*L(m+n+r+s) - (-1)^(n+s)*L(m-n)*L(r-s))/5.
L(m+r)*L(n+s) - 5*F(m+s)*F(n+r) = (-1)^(n+s)*L(m-n)*L(r-s).
L(m+r)*L(n+s) + 5*F(m+s)*F(n+r) = 2*L(m+n+r+s) + (-1)^(n+s)*5*F(m-n)*F(r-s).
L(m+r)*L(n+s) - L(m+s)*L(n+r) = (-1)^(n+s)*5*F(m-n)*F(r-s). (End)
F(n+1) is the number of permutations in S_n whose principal order ideals in the weak order are Boolean lattices. - Bridget Tenner, Jan 16 2020
F(n+1) is the number of permutations w in S_n that form Boolean intervals [s, w] in the weak order for every simple reflection s in the support of w. - Bridget Tenner, Jan 16 2020
F(n+1) is the number of subsets of {1,2,.,.,n} in which all differences between successive elements of subsets are odd. For example, for n = 6, F(7) = 13 and the 13 subsets are {6}, {1,6}, {3,6}, {5,6}, {2,3,6}, {2,5,6}, {4,5,6}, {1,2,3,6}, {1,2,5,6}, {1,4,5,6}, {3,4,5,6}, {2,3,4,5,6}, {1,2,3,4,5,6}. For even differences between elements see Comment in A016116. - Enrique Navarrete, Jul 01 2020
F(n) is the number of subsets of {1,2,...,n} in which the smallest element of the subset equals the size of the subset (this type of subset is sometimes called extraordinary). For example, F(6) = 8 and the subsets are {1}, {2,3}, {2,4}, {2,5}, {3,4,5}, {2,6}, {3,4,6}, {3,5,6}. It is easy to see that these subsets follow the Fibonacci recursion F(n) = F(n-1) + F(n-2) since we get F(n) such subsets by keeping all F(n-1) subsets from the previous stage (in the example, the F(5)=5 subsets that don't include 6), and by adding one to all elements and appending an additional element n to each subset in F(n-2) subsets (in the example, by applying this to the F(4)=3 subsets {1}, {2,3}, {2,4} we obtain {2,6}, {3,4,6}, {3,5,6}). - Enrique Navarrete, Sep 28 2020
Named "série de Fibonacci" by Lucas (1877) after the Italian mathematician Fibonacci (Leonardo Bonacci, c. 1170 - c. 1240/50). In 1876 he named the sequence "série de Lamé" after the French mathematician Gabriel Lamé (1795 - 1870). - Amiram Eldar, Apr 16 2021
F(n) is the number of edge coverings of the path with n edges. - M. Farrokhi D. G., Sep 30 2021
LCM(F(m), F(n)) is a Fibonacci number if and only if either F(m) divides F(n) or F(n) divides F(m). - M. Farrokhi D. G., Sep 30 2021
Every nonunit positive rational number has at most one representation as the quotient of two Fibonacci numbers. - M. Farrokhi D. G., Sep 30 2021
The infinite sum F(n)/10^(n-1) for all natural numbers n is equal to 100/89. More generally, the sum of F(n)/(k^(n-1)) for all natural numbers n is equal to k^2/(k^2-k-1). Jonatan Djurachkovitch, Dec 31 2023
For n >= 1, number of compositions (c(1),c(2),...,c(k)) of n where c(1), c(3), c(5), ... are 1. To obtain such compositions K(n) of length n increase all parts c(2) by one in all of K(n-1) and prepend two parts 1 in all of K(n-2). - Joerg Arndt, Jan 05 2024
Cohn (1964) proved that a(12) = 12^2 is the only square in the sequence greater than a(1) = 1. - M. F. Hasler, Dec 18 2024
Product_{i=n-2..n+2} F(i) = F(n)^5 - F(n). For example, (F(4)F(5)F(6)F(7)F(8))=(3 * 5 * 8 * 13 * 21) = 8^5 - 8. - Jules Beauchamp, Apr 28 2025
F(n) is even iff n is a multiple of 3. - Stefano Spezia, Jul 06 2025

Examples

			For x = 0,1,2,3,4, x=1/(x+1) = 1, 1/2, 2/3, 3/5, 5/8. These fractions have numerators 1,1,2,3,5, which are the 2nd to 6th terms of the sequence. - _Cino Hilliard_, Sep 15 2008
From _Joerg Arndt_, May 21 2013: (Start)
There are a(7)=13 compositions of 7 where there is a drop between every second pair of parts, starting with the first and second part:
01:  [ 2 1 2 1 1 ]
02:  [ 2 1 3 1 ]
03:  [ 2 1 4 ]
04:  [ 3 1 2 1 ]
05:  [ 3 1 3 ]
06:  [ 3 2 2 ]
07:  [ 4 1 2 ]
08:  [ 4 2 1 ]
09:  [ 4 3 ]
10:  [ 5 1 1 ]
11:  [ 5 2 ]
12:  [ 6 1 ]
13:  [ 7 ]
There are abs(a(6+1))=13 compositions of 6 where there is no rise between every second pair of parts, starting with the second and third part:
01:  [ 1 2 1 2 ]
02:  [ 1 3 1 1 ]
03:  [ 1 3 2 ]
04:  [ 1 4 1 ]
05:  [ 1 5 ]
06:  [ 2 2 1 1 ]
07:  [ 2 3 1 ]
08:  [ 2 4 ]
09:  [ 3 2 1 ]
10:  [ 3 3 ]
11:  [ 4 2 ]
12:  [ 5 1 ]
13:  [ 6 ]
(End)
Partially ordered partitions of (n-1) into parts 1,2,3 where only the order of the adjacent 1's and 2's are unimportant. E.g., a(8)=21. These are (331),(313),(133),(322),(232),(223),(3211),(2311),(1321),(2131),(1132),(2113),(31111),(13111),(11311),(11131),(11113),(2221),(22111),(211111),(1111111). - _David Neil McGrath_, Jul 25 2015
Consider the partitions of 7 with summands initially listed in nonincreasing order. Keep the 1's frozen in position (indicated by "[]") and then allow the other summands to otherwise vary their order: 7; 6,[1]; 5,2; 2,5; 4,3; 3,4; 5,[1,1], 4,2,[1]; 2,4,[1]; 3,3,[1]; 3,3,2; 3,2,3; 2,3,3; 4,[1,1,1]; 3,2,[1,1]; 2,3,[1,1]; 2,2,2,[1]; 3,[1,1,1,1]; 2,2,[1,1,1]; 2,[1,1,1,1,1]; [1,1,1,1,1,1,1]. There are 21 = a(7+1) arrangements in all. - _Gregory L. Simay_, Jun 14 2016
		

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  • S. Vajda, Fibonacci and Lucas numbers and the Golden Section, Ellis Horwood Ltd., Chichester, 1989.
  • N. N. Vorob'ev, Chisla fibonachchi [Russian], Moscow, 1951. English translation, Fibonacci Numbers, Blaisdell, New York and London, 1961.
  • N. N. Vorobiev, Fibonacci Numbers, Birkhauser (Basel; Boston) 2002.
  • D. Wells, The Penguin Dictionary of Curious and Interesting Numbers, pp. 61-67, Penguin Books 1987.
  • D. B. West, Combinatorial Mathematics, Cambridge, 2021, p. 53.
  • R. Witula, D. Slota, delta-Fibonacci Numbers, Appl. Anal. Discrete Math., 3 (2009), 310-329.

Crossrefs

First row of arrays A103323, A172236, A234357. Second row of arrays A099390, A048887, and A092921 (k-generalized Fibonacci numbers).
Cf. also A001175 (Pisano periods), A001177 (Entry points), A001176 (number of zeros in a fundamental period).
Fibonacci-Pascal triangles: A027926, A036355, A037027, A074829, A105809, A109906, A111006, A114197, A162741, A228074.
Fibonacci-Cayley triangle: A327992.
Boustrophedon transforms: A000738, A000744.
Numbers of prime factors: A022307 and A038575.
Cf. A061446 (primitive part of Fibonacci numbers), A000010 (comments on product formulas).
Number of digits of F(n): A020909 (base 2), A020911 (base 3), A020912 (base 4), A020913 (base 5), A060384 (base 10), A261585 (base 60).

Programs

  • Axiom
    [fibonacci(n) for n in 0..50]
    
  • GAP
    Fib:=[0,1];; for n in [3..10^3] do Fib[n]:=Fib[n-1]+Fib[n-2]; od; Fib; # Muniru A Asiru, Sep 03 2017
    
  • Haskell
    -- Based on code from http://www.haskell.org/haskellwiki/The_Fibonacci_sequence
    -- which also has other versions.
    fib :: Int -> Integer
    fib n = fibs !! n
        where
            fibs = 0 : 1 : zipWith (+) fibs (tail fibs)
    {- Example of use: map fib [0..38] Gerald McGarvey, Sep 29 2009 -}
    
  • Julia
    function fib(n)
       F = BigInt[1 1; 1 0]
       Fn = F^n
       Fn[2, 1]
    end
    println([fib(n) for n in 0:38]) # Peter Luschny, Feb 23 2017
    
  • Julia
    # faster
    function fibrec(n::Int)
        n == 0 && return (BigInt(0), BigInt(1))
        a, b = fibrec(div(n, 2))
        c = a * (b * 2 - a)
        d = a * a + b * b
        iseven(n) ? (c, d) : (d, c + d)
    end
    fibonacci(n::Int) = fibrec(n)[1]
    println([fibonacci(n) for n in 0:40]) # Peter Luschny, Apr 03 2022
    
  • Magma
    [Fibonacci(n): n in [0..38]];
    
  • Maple
    A000045 := proc(n) combinat[fibonacci](n); end;
    ZL:=[S, {a = Atom, b = Atom, S = Prod(X,Sequence(Prod(X,b))), X = Sequence(b,card >= 1)}, unlabelled]: seq(combstruct[count](ZL, size=n), n=0..38); # Zerinvary Lajos, Apr 04 2008
    spec := [B, {B=Sequence(Set(Z, card>1))}, unlabeled ]: seq(combstruct[count](spec, size=n), n=1..39); # Zerinvary Lajos, Apr 04 2008
    # The following Maple command isFib(n) yields true or false depending on whether n is a Fibonacci number or not.
    with(combinat): isFib := proc(n) local a: a := proc(n) local j: for j while fibonacci(j) <= n do fibonacci(j) end do: fibonacci(j-1) end proc: evalb(a(n) = n) end proc: # Emeric Deutsch, Nov 11 2014
  • Mathematica
    Table[Fibonacci[k], {k, 0, 50}] (* Mohammad K. Azarian, Jul 11 2015 *)
    Table[2^n Sqrt @ Product[(Cos[Pi k/(n + 1)]^2 + 1/4), {k, n}] // FullSimplify, {n, 15}]; (* Kasteleyn's formula specialized, Sarah-Marie Belcastro, Jul 04 2009 *)
    LinearRecurrence[{1, 1}, {0, 1}, 40] (* Harvey P. Dale, Aug 03 2014 *)
    Fibonacci[Range[0, 20]] (* Eric W. Weisstein, Sep 22 2017 *)
    CoefficientList[Series[-(x/(-1 + x + x^2)), {x, 0, 20}], x] (* Eric W. Weisstein, Sep 22 2017 *)
  • Maxima
    makelist(fib(n),n,0,100); /* Martin Ettl, Oct 21 2012 */
    
  • PARI
    a(n) = fibonacci(n)
    
  • PARI
    a(n) = imag(quadgen(5)^n)
    
  • PARI
    a(n)=my(phi=quadgen(5));(phi^n-(-1/phi)^n)/(2*phi-1) \\ Charles R Greathouse IV, Jun 17 2012
    
  • PARI
    is_A000045=A010056 \\ Characteristic function: see there. - M. F. Hasler, Feb 21 2025
    
  • Python
    # From Jaap Spies, Jan 05 2007, updated by Peter Luschny, Feb 21 2023:
    from itertools import islice
    def fib_gen():
        x, y = 0, 1
        while True:
            yield x
            x, y = y, x + y
    fib_list = lambda n: list(islice(fib_gen(), n))
    
  • Python
    is_A000045 = A010056 # See there: Characteristic function. Used e.g. in A377092.
    A000045 = lambda n: (4<M. F. Hasler, improving old code from 2023, Feb 20 2025
    
  • Python
    [(i:=-1)+(j:=1)] + [(j:=i+j)+(i:=j-i) for  in range(100)] # _Jwalin Bhatt, Apr 03 2025
    
  • Sage
    # Demonstration program from Jaap Spies:
    a = sloane.A000045; # choose sequence
    print(a)            # This returns the name of the sequence.
    print(a(38))        # This returns the 38th term of the sequence.
    print(a.list(39))   # This returns a list of the first 39 terms.
    
  • Sage
    a = BinaryRecurrenceSequence(1,1); print([a(n) for n in range(20)])
    # Closed form integer formula with F(1) = 0 from Paul Hankin (see link).
    F = lambda n: (4<<(n-1)*(n+2))//((4<<2*(n-1))-(2<<(n-1))-1)&((2<<(n-1))-1)
    print([F(n) for n in range(20)]) # Peter Luschny, Aug 28 2016
    
  • Sage
    print(list(fibonacci_sequence(0, 40))) # Bruno Berselli, Jun 26 2014
    
  • Scala
    def fibonacci(n: BigInt): BigInt = {
      val zero = BigInt(0)
      def fibTail(n: BigInt, a: BigInt, b: BigInt): BigInt = n match {
        case `zero` => a
        case _ => fibTail(n - 1, b, a + b)
      }
      fibTail(n, 0, 1)
    } // Based on "Case 3: Tail Recursion" from Carrasquel (2016) link
    (0 to 49).map(fibonacci()) // _Alonso del Arte, Apr 13 2019

Formula

G.f.: x / (1 - x - x^2).
G.f.: Sum_{n>=0} x^n * Product_{k=1..n} (k + x)/(1 + k*x). - Paul D. Hanna, Oct 26 2013
F(n) = ((1+sqrt(5))^n - (1-sqrt(5))^n)/(2^n*sqrt(5)).
Alternatively, F(n) = ((1/2+sqrt(5)/2)^n - (1/2-sqrt(5)/2)^n)/sqrt(5).
F(n) = F(n-1) + F(n-2) = -(-1)^n F(-n).
F(n) = round(phi^n/sqrt(5)).
F(n+1) = Sum_{j=0..floor(n/2)} binomial(n-j, j).
A strong divisibility sequence, that is, gcd(a(n), a(m)) = a(gcd(n, m)) for all positive integers n and m. - Michael Somos, Jan 03 2017
E.g.f.: (2/sqrt(5))*exp(x/2)*sinh(sqrt(5)*x/2). - Len Smiley, Nov 30 2001
[0 1; 1 1]^n [0 1] = [F(n); F(n+1)]
x | F(n) ==> x | F(kn).
A sufficient condition for F(m) to be divisible by a prime p is (p - 1) divides m, if p == 1 or 4 (mod 5); (p + 1) divides m, if p == 2 or 3 (mod 5); or 5 divides m, if p = 5. (This is essentially Theorem 180 in Hardy and Wright.) - Fred W. Helenius (fredh(AT)ix.netcom.com), Jun 29 2001
a(n)=F(n) has the property: F(n)*F(m) + F(n+1)*F(m+1) = F(n+m+1). - Miklos Kristof, Nov 13 2003
From Kurmang. Aziz. Rashid, Feb 21 2004: (Start)
Conjecture 1: for n >= 2, sqrt(F(2n+1) + F(2n+2) + F(2n+3) + F(2n+4) + 2*(-1)^n) = (F(2n+1) + 2*(-1)^n)/F(n-1). [For a proof see Comments section.]
Conjecture 2: for n >= 0, (F(n+2)*F(n+3)) - (F(n+1)*F(n+4)) + (-1)^n = 0.
[Two more conjectures removed by Peter Luschny, Nov 17 2017]
Theorem 1: for n >= 0, (F(n+3)^ 2 - F(n+1)^ 2)/F(n+2) = (F(n+3)+ F(n+1)).
Theorem 2: for n >= 0, F(n+10) = 11*F(n+5) + F(n).
Theorem 3: for n >= 6, F(n) = 4*F(n-3) + F(n-6). (End)
Conjecture 2 of Rashid is actually a special case of the general law F(n)*F(m) + F(n+1)*F(m+1) = F(n+m+1) (take n <- n+1 and m <- -(n+4) in this law). - Harmel Nestra (harmel.nestra(AT)ut.ee), Apr 22 2005
Conjecture 2 of Rashid Kurmang simplified: F(n)*F(n+3) = F(n+1)*F(n+2)-(-1)^n. Follows from d'Ocagne's identity: m=n+2. - Alex Ratushnyak, May 06 2012
Conjecture: for all c such that 2-phi <= c < 2*(2-phi) we have F(n) = floor(phi*a(n-1)+c) for n > 2. - Gerald McGarvey, Jul 21 2004
For x > phi, Sum_{n>=0} F(n)/x^n = x/(x^2 - x - 1). - Gerald McGarvey, Oct 27 2004
F(n+1) = exponent of the n-th term in the series f(x, 1) determined by the equation f(x, y) = xy + f(xy, x). - Jonathan Sondow, Dec 19 2004
a(n-1) = Sum_{k=0..n} (-1)^k*binomial(n-ceiling(k/2), floor(k/2)). - Benoit Cloitre, May 05 2005
a(n) = Sum_{k=0..n} abs(A108299(n, k)). - Reinhard Zumkeller, Jun 01 2005
a(n) = A001222(A000304(n)).
F(n+1) = Sum_{k=0..n} binomial((n+k)/2, (n-k)/2)(1+(-1)^(n-k))/2. - Paul Barry, Aug 28 2005
Fibonacci(n) = Product_{j=1..ceiling(n/2)-1} (1 + 4(cos(j*Pi/n))^2). [Bicknell and Hoggatt, pp. 47-48.] - Emeric Deutsch, Oct 15 2006
F(n) = 2^-(n-1)*Sum_{k=0..floor((n-1)/2)} binomial(n,2*k+1)*5^k. - Hieronymus Fischer, Feb 07 2006
a(n) = (b(n+1) + b(n-1))/n where {b(n)} is the sequence A001629. - Sergio Falcon, Nov 22 2006
F(n*m) = Sum_{k = 0..m} binomial(m,k)*F(n-1)^k*F(n)^(m-k)*F(m-k). The generating function of F(n*m) (n fixed, m = 0,1,2,...) is G(x) = F(n)*x / ((1 - F(n-1)*x)^2 - F(n)*x*(1 - F(n-1)*x) - (F(n)*x)^2). E.g., F(15) = 610 = F(5*3) = binomial(3,0)* F(4)^0*F(5)^3*F(3) + binomial(3,1)* F(4)^1*F(5)^2*F(2) + binomial(3,2)* F(4)^2*F(5)^1*F(1) + binomial(3,3)* F(4)^3*F(5)^0*F(0) = 1*1*125*2 + 3*3*25*1 + 3*9*5*1 + 1*27*1*0 = 250 + 225 + 135 + 0 = 610. - Miklos Kristof, Feb 12 2007
From Miklos Kristof, Mar 19 2007: (Start)
Let L(n) = A000032(n) = Lucas numbers. Then:
For a >= b and odd b, F(a+b) + F(a-b) = L(a)*F(b).
For a >= b and even b, F(a+b) + F(a-b) = F(a)*L(b).
For a >= b and odd b, F(a+b) - F(a-b) = F(a)*L(b).
For a >= b and even b, F(a+b) - F(a-b) = L(a)*F(b).
F(n+m) + (-1)^m*F(n-m) = F(n)*L(m);
F(n+m) - (-1)^m*F(n-m) = L(n)*F(m);
F(n+m+k) + (-1)^k*F(n+m-k) + (-1)^m*(F(n-m+k) + (-1)^k*F(n-m-k)) = F(n)*L(m)*L(k);
F(n+m+k) - (-1)^k*F(n+m-k) + (-1)^m*(F(n-m+k) - (-1)^k*F(n-m-k)) = L(n)*L(m)*F(k);
F(n+m+k) + (-1)^k*F(n+m-k) - (-1)^m*(F(n-m+k) + (-1)^k*F(n-m-k)) = L(n)*F(m)*L(k);
F(n+m+k) - (-1)^k*F(n+m-k) - (-1)^m*(F(n-m+k) - (-1)^k*F(n-m-k)) = 5*F(n)*F(m)*F(k). (End)
A corollary to Kristof 2007 is 2*F(a+b) = F(a)*L(b) + L(a)*F(b). - Graeme McRae, Apr 24 2014
For n > m, the sum of the 2m consecutive Fibonacci numbers F(n-m-1) thru F(n+m-2) is F(n)*L(m) if m is odd, and L(n)*F(m) if m is even (see the McRae link). - Graeme McRae, Apr 24 2014.
F(n) = b(n) + (p-1)*Sum_{k=2..n-1} floor(b(k)/p)*F(n-k+1) where b(k) is the digital sum analog of the Fibonacci recurrence, defined by b(k) = ds_p(b(k-1)) + ds_p(b(k-2)), b(0)=0, b(1)=1, ds_p=digital sum base p. Example for base p=10: F(n) = A010077(n) + 9*Sum_{k=2..n-1} A059995(A010077(k))*F(n-k+1). - Hieronymus Fischer, Jul 01 2007
F(n) = b(n)+p*Sum_{k=2..n-1} floor(b(k)/p)*F(n-k+1) where b(k) is the digital product analog of the Fonacci recurrence, defined by b(k) = dp_p(b(k-1)) + dp_p(b(k-2)), b(0)=0, b(1)=1, dp_p=digital product base p. Example for base p=10: F(n) = A074867(n) + 10*Sum_{k=2..n-1} A059995(A074867(k))*F(n-k+1). - Hieronymus Fischer, Jul 01 2007
a(n) = denominator of continued fraction [1,1,1,...] (with n ones); e.g., 2/3 = continued fraction [1,1,1]; where barover[1] = [1,1,1,...] = 0.6180339.... - Gary W. Adamson, Nov 29 2007
F(n + 3) = 2F(n + 2) - F(n), F(n + 4) = 3F(n + 2) - F(n), F(n + 8) = 7F(n + 4) - F(n), F(n + 12) = 18F(n + 6) - F(n). - Paul Curtz, Feb 01 2008
a(2^n) = Product_{i=0..n-2} B(i) where B(i) is A001566. Example 3*7*47 = F(16). - Kenneth J Ramsey, Apr 23 2008
a(n+1) = Sum_{k=0..n} A109466(n,k)*(-1)^(n-k). -Philippe Deléham, Oct 26 2008
a(n) = Sum_{l_1=0..n+1} Sum_{l_2=0..n}...Sum_{l_i=0..n-i}... Sum_{l_n=0..1} delta(l_1,l_2,...,l_i,...,l_n), where delta(l_1,l_2,...,l_i,...,l_n) = 0 if any l_i + l_(i+1) >= 2 for i=1..n-1 and delta(l_1,l_2,...,l_i,...,l_n) = 1 otherwise. - Thomas Wieder, Feb 25 2009
a(n+1) = 2^n sqrt(Product_{k=1..n} cos(k Pi/(n+1))^2+1/4) (Kasteleyn's formula specialized). - Sarah-Marie Belcastro, Jul 04 2009
a(n+1) = Sum_{k=floor(n/2) mod 5} C(n,k) - Sum_{k=floor((n+5)/2) mod 5} C(n,k) = A173125(n) - A173126(n) = |A054877(n)-A052964(n-1)|. - Henry Bottomley, Feb 10 2010
If p[i] = modp(i,2) and if A is Hessenberg matrix of order n defined by: A[i,j] = p[j-i+1], (i <= j), A[i,j]=-1, (i=j+1), and A[i,j]=0 otherwise. Then, for n >= 1, a(n)=det A. - Milan Janjic, May 02 2010
Limit_{k->oo} F(k+n)/F(k) = (L(n) + F(n)*sqrt(5))/2 with the Lucas numbers L(n) = A000032(n). - Johannes W. Meijer, May 27 2010
For n >= 1, F(n) = round(log_2(2^(phi*F(n-1)) + 2^(phi*F(n-2)))), where phi is the golden ratio. - Vladimir Shevelev, Jun 24 2010, Jun 27 2010
For n >= 1, a(n+1) = ceiling(phi*a(n)), if n is even and a(n+1) = floor(phi*a(n)), if n is odd (phi = golden ratio). - Vladimir Shevelev, Jul 01 2010
a(n) = 2*a(n-2) + a(n-3), n > 2. - Gary Detlefs, Sep 08 2010
a(2^n) = Product_{i=0..n-1} A000032(2^i). - Vladimir Shevelev, Nov 28 2010
a(n)^2 - a(n-1)^2 = a(n+1)*a(n-2), see A121646.
a(n) = sqrt((-1)^k*(a(n+k)^2 - a(k)*a(2n+k))), for any k. - Gary Detlefs, Dec 03 2010
F(2*n) = F(n+2)^2 - F(n+1)^2 - 2*F(n)^2. - Richard R. Forberg, Jun 04 2011
From Artur Jasinski, Nov 17 2011: (Start)
(-1)^(n+1) = F(n)^2 + F(n)*F(1+n) - F(1+n)^2.
F(n) = F(n+2) - 1 + (F(n+1))^4 + 2*(F(n+1)^3*F(n+2)) - (F(n+1)*F(n+2))^2 - 2*F(n+1)(F(n+2))^3 + (F(n+2))^4 - F(n+1). (End)
F(n) = 1 + Sum_{x=1..n-2} F(x). - Joseph P. Shoulak, Feb 05 2012
F(n) = 4*F(n-2) - 2*F(n-3) - F(n-6). - Gary Detlefs, Apr 01 2012
F(n) = round(phi^(n+1)/(phi+2)). - Thomas Ordowski, Apr 20 2012
From Sergei N. Gladkovskii, Jun 03 2012: (Start)
G.f.: A(x) = x/(1-x-x^2) = G(0)/sqrt(5) where G(k) = 1 - ((-1)^k)*2^k/(a^k - b*x*a^k*2^k/(b*x*2^k - 2*((-1)^k)*c^k/G(k+1))) and a=3+sqrt(5), b=1+sqrt(5), c=3-sqrt(5); (continued fraction, 3rd kind, 3-step).
Let E(x) be the e.g.f., i.e.,
E(x) = 1*x + (1/2)*x^2 + (1/3)*x^3 + (1/8)*x^4 + (1/24)*x^5 + (1/90)*x^6 + (13/5040)*x^7 + ...; then
E(x) = G(0)/sqrt(5); G(k) = 1 - ((-1)^k)*2^k/(a^k - b*x*a^k*2^k/(b*x*2^k - 2*((-1)^k)*(k+1)*c^k/G(k+1))), where a=3+sqrt(5), b=1+sqrt(5), c=3-sqrt(5); (continued fraction, 3rd kind, 3-step).
(End)
From Hieronymus Fischer, Nov 30 2012: (Start)
F(n) = 1 + Sum_{j_1=1..n-2} 1 + Sum_{j_1=1..n-2} Sum_{j_2=1..j_1-2} 1 + Sum_{j_1=1..n-2} Sum_{j_2=1..j_1-2} Sum_{j_3=1..j_2-2} 1 + ... + Sum_{j_1=1..n-2} Sum_{j_2=1..j_1-2} Sum_{j_3=1..j_2-2} ... Sum_{j_k=1..j_(k-1)-2} 1, where k = floor((n-1)/2).
Example: F(6) = 1 + Sum_{j=1..4} 1 + Sum_{j=1..4} Sum_{k=1..(j-2)} 1 + 0 = 1 + (1 + 1 + 1 + 1) + (1 + (1 + 1)) = 8.
F(n) = Sum_{j=0..k} S(j+1,n-2j), where k = floor((n-1)/2) and the S(j,n) are the n-th j-simplex sums: S(1,n) = 1 is the 1-simplex sum, S(2,n) = Sum_{k=1..n} S(1,k) = 1+1+...+1 = n is the 2-simplex sum, S(3,n) = Sum_{k=1..n} S(2,k) = 1+2+3+...+n is the 3-simplex sum (= triangular numbers = A000217), S(4,n) = Sum_{k=1..n} S(3,k) = 1+3+6+...+n(n+1)/2 is the 4-simplex sum (= tetrahedral numbers = A000292) and so on.
Since S(j,n) = binomial(n-2+j,j-1), the formula above equals the well-known binomial formula, essentially. (End)
G.f.: A(x) = x / (1 - x / (1 - x / (1 + x))). - Michael Somos, Jan 04 2013
Sum_{n >= 1} (-1)^(n-1)/(a(n)*a(n+1)) = 1/phi (phi=golden ratio). - Vladimir Shevelev, Feb 22 2013
From Raul Prisacariu, Oct 29 2023: (Start)
For odd k, Sum_{n >= 1} a(k)^2*(-1)^(n-1)/(a(k*n)*a(k*n+k)) = phi^(-k).
For even k, Sum_{n >= 1} a(k)^2/(a(k*n)*a(k*n+k)) = phi^(-k). (End)
From Vladimir Shevelev, Feb 24 2013: (Start)
(1) Expression a(n+1) via a(n): a(n+1) = (a(n) + sqrt(5*(a(n))^2 + 4*(-1)^n))/2;
(2) Sum_{k=1..n} (-1)^(k-1)/(a(k)*a(k+1)) = a(n)/a(n+1);
(3) a(n)/a(n+1) = 1/phi + r(n), where |r(n)| < 1/(a(n+1)*a(n+2)). (End)
F(n+1) = F(n)/2 + sqrt((-1)^n + 5*F(n)^2/4), n >= 0. F(n+1) = U_n(i/2)/i^n, (U:= Chebyshev polynomial of the 2nd kind, i=sqrt(-1)). - Bill Gosper, Mar 04 2013
G.f.: -Q(0) where Q(k) = 1 - (1+x)/(1 - x/(x - 1/Q(k+1) )); (continued fraction). - Sergei N. Gladkovskii, Mar 06 2013
G.f.: x - 1 - 1/x + (1/x)/Q(0), where Q(k) = 1 - (k+1)*x/(1 - x/(x - (k+1)/Q(k+1))); (continued fraction). - Sergei N. Gladkovskii, Apr 23 2013
G.f.: x*G(0), where G(k) = 1 + x*(1+x)/(1 - x*(1+x)/(x*(1+x) + 1/G(k+1) )); (continued fraction). - Sergei N. Gladkovskii, Jul 08 2013
G.f.: x^2 - 1 + 2*x^2/(W(0)-2), where W(k) = 1 + 1/(1 - x*(k + x)/( x*(k+1 + x) + 1/W(k+1) )); (continued fraction). - Sergei N. Gladkovskii, Aug 28 2013
G.f.: Q(0) - 1, where Q(k) = 1 + x^2 + (k+2)*x - x*(k+1 + x)/Q(k+1); (continued fraction). - Sergei N. Gladkovskii, Oct 06 2013
Let b(n) = b(n-1) + b(n-2), with b(0) = 0, b(1) = phi. Then, for n >= 2, F(n) = floor(b(n-1)) if n is even, F(n) = ceiling(b(n-1)), if n is odd, with convergence. - Richard R. Forberg, Jan 19 2014
a(n) = Sum_{t1*g(1)+t2*g(2)+...+tn*g(n)=n} multinomial(t1+t2+...+tn,t1,t2,...,tn), where g(k)=2*k-1. - Mircea Merca, Feb 27 2014
F(n) = round(sqrt(F(n-1)^2 + F(n)^2 + F(n+1)^2)/2), for n > 0. This rule appears to apply to any sequence of the form a(n) = a(n-1) + a(n-2), for any two values of a(0) and a(1), if n is sufficiently large. - Richard R. Forberg, Jul 27 2014
F(n) = round(2/(1/F(n) + 1/F(n+1) + 1/F(n+2))), for n > 0. This rule also appears to apply to any sequence of the form a(n) = a(n-1) + a(n-2), for any two values of a(0) and a(1), if n is sufficiently large. - Richard R. Forberg, Aug 03 2014
F(n) = round(1/(Sum_{j>=n+2} 1/F(j))). - Richard R. Forberg, Aug 14 2014
a(n) = hypergeometric([-n/2+1/2, -n/2+1], [-n+1], -4) for n >= 2. - Peter Luschny, Sep 19 2014
Limit_{n -> oo} (log F(n+1)/log F(n))^n = e. - Thomas Ordowski, Oct 06 2014
F(n) = (L(n+1)^2 - L(n-1)^2)/(5*L(n)), where L(n) is A000032(n), with a similar inverse relationship. - Richard R. Forberg, Nov 17 2014
Consider the graph G[1-vertex;1-loop,2-loop] in comment above. Construct the power matrix array T(n,j) = [A^*j]*[S^*(j-1)] where A=(1,1,0,...) and S=(0,1,0,...)(A063524). [* is convolution operation] Define S^*0=I with I=(1,0,...). Then T(n,j) counts n-walks containing (j) loops and a(n-1) = Sum_{j=1..n} T(n,j). - David Neil McGrath, Nov 21 2014
Define F(-n) to be F(n) for n odd and -F(n) for n even. Then for all n and k, F(n) = F(k)*F(n-k+3) - F(k-1)*F(n-k+2) - F(k-2)*F(n-k) + (-1)^k*F(n-2k+2). - Charlie Marion, Dec 04 2014
F(n+k)^2 - L(k)*F(n)*F(n+k) + (-1)^k*F(n)^2 = (-1)^n*F(k)^2, if L(k) = A000032(k). - Alexander Samokrutov, Jul 20 2015
F(2*n) = F(n+1)^2 - F(n-1)^2, similar to Koshy (D) and Forberg 2011, but different. - Hermann Stamm-Wilbrandt, Aug 12 2015
F(n+1) = ceiling( (1/phi)*Sum_{k=0..n} F(k) ). - Tom Edgar, Sep 10 2015
a(n) = (L(n-3) + L(n+3))/10 where L(n)=A000032(n). - J. M. Bergot, Nov 25 2015
From Bob Selcoe, Mar 27 2016: (Start)
F(n) = (F(2n+k+1) - F(n+1)*F(n+k+1))/F(n+k), k >= 0.
Thus when k=0: F(n) = sqrt(F(2n+1) - F(n+1)^2).
F(n) = (F(3n) - F(n+1)^3 + F(n-1)^3)^(1/3).
F(n+2k) = binomial transform of any subsequence starting with F(n). Example F(6)=8: 1*8 = F(6)=8; 1*8 + 1*13 = F(8)=21; 1*8 + 2*13 + 1*21 = F(10)=55; 1*8 + 3*13 + 3*21 + 1*34 = F(12)=144, etc. This formula applies to Fibonacci-type sequences with any two seed values for a(0) and a(1) (e.g., Lucas sequence A000032: a(0)=2, a(1)=1).
(End)
F(n) = L(k)*F(n-k) + (-1)^(k+1)*F(n-2k) for all k >= 0, where L(k) = A000032(k). - Anton Zakharov, Aug 02 2016
From Ilya Gutkovskiy, Aug 03 2016: (Start)
a(n) = F_n(1), where F_n(x) are the Fibonacci polynomials.
Inverse binomial transform of A001906.
Number of zeros in substitution system {0 -> 11, 1 -> 1010} at step n from initial string "1" (1 -> 1010 -> 101011101011 -> ...) multiplied by 1/A000079(n). (End)
For n >= 2, a(n) = 2^(n^2+n) - (4^n-2^n-1)*floor(2^(n^2+n)/(4^n-2^n-1)) - 2^n*floor(2^(n^2) - (2^n-1-1/2^n)*floor(2^(n^2+n)/(4^n-2^n-1))). - Benoit Cloitre, Apr 17 2017
f(n+1) = Sum_{j=0..floor(n/2)} Sum_{k=0..j} binomial(n-2j,k)*binomial(j,k). - Tony Foster III, Sep 04 2017
F(n) = Sum_{k=0..floor((n-1)/2)} ( (n-k-1)! / ((n-2k-1)! * k!) ). - Zhandos Mambetaliyev, Nov 08 2017
For x even, F(n) = (F(n+x) + F(n-x))/L(x). For x odd, F(n) = (F(n+x) - F(n-x))/L(x) where n >= x in both cases. Therefore F(n) = F(2*n)/L(n) for n >= 0. - David James Sycamore, May 04 2018
From Isaac Saffold, Jul 19 2018: (Start)
Let [a/p] denote the Legendre symbol. Then, for an odd prime p:
F(p+n) == [5/p]*F([5/p]+n) (mod p), if [5/p] = 1 or -1.
F(p+n) == 3*F(n) (mod p), if [5/p] = 0 (i.e., p = 5).
This is true for negative-indexed terms as well, if this sequence is extended by the negafibonacci numbers (i.e., F(-n) = A039834(n)). (End)
a(n) = A094718(4, n). a(n) = A101220(0, j, n).
a(n) = A090888(0, n+1) = A118654(0, n+1) = A118654(1, n-1) = A109754(0, n) = A109754(1, n-1), for n > 0.
a(n) = (L(n-3) + L(n-2) + L(n-1) + L(n))/5 with L(n)=A000032(n). - Art Baker, Jan 04 2019
F(n) = F(k-1)*F(abs(n-k-2)) + F(k-1)*F(n-k-1) + F(k)*F(abs(n-k-2)) + 2*F(k)*F(n-k-1), for n > k > 0. - Joseph M. Shunia, Aug 12 2019
F(n) = F(n-k+2)*F(k-1) + F(n-k+1)*F(k-2) for all k such that 2 <= k <= n. - Michael Tulskikh, Oct 09 2019
F(n)^2 - F(n+k)*F(n-k) = (-1)^(n+k) * F(k)^2 for 2 <= k <= n [Catalan's identity]. - Hermann Stamm-Wilbrandt, May 07 2021
Sum_{n>=1} 1/a(n) = A079586 is the reciprocal Fibonacci constant. - Gennady Eremin, Aug 06 2021
a(n) = Product_{d|n} b(d) = Product_{k=1..n} b(gcd(n,k))^(1/phi(n/gcd(n,k))) = Product_{k=1..n} b(n/gcd(n,k))^(1/phi(n/gcd(n,k))) where b(n) = A061446(n) = primitive part of a(n), phi(n) = A000010(n). - Richard L. Ollerton, Nov 08 2021
a(n) = 2*i^(1-n)*sin(n*arccos(i/2))/sqrt(5), i=sqrt(-1). - Bill Gosper, May 05 2022
a(n) = i^(n-1)*sin(n*c)/sin(c) = i^(n-1)*sin(c*n)*csc(c), where c = Pi/2 + i*arccsch(2). - Peter Luschny, May 23 2022
F(2n) = Sum_{k=1..n} (k/5)*binomial(2n, n+k), where (k/5) is the Legendre or Jacobi Symbol; F(2n+1)= Sum_{k=1..n} (-(k+2)/5)*binomial(2n+1, n+k), where (-(k+2)/5) is the Legendre or Jacobi Symbol. For example, F(10) = 1*binomial(10,6) - 1*binomial(10,7) - 1*binomial(10,8) + 1*binomial(10,9) + 0*binomial(10,10), F(11) = 1*binomial(11,6) - 1*binomial(11,7) + 0*binomial(11,8) - 1*binomial(11,9) + 1*binomial(11,10) + 1*binomial(11,11). - Yike Li, Aug 21 2022
For n > 0, 1/F(n) = Sum_{k>=1} F(n*k)/(F(n+2)^(k+1)). - Diego Rattaggi, Oct 26 2022
From Andrea Pinos, Dec 02 2022: (Start)
For n == 0 (mod 4): F(n) = F((n+2)/2)*( F(n/2) + F((n/2)-2) ) + 1;
For n == 1 (mod 4): F(n) = F((n-1)/2)*( F((n-1)/2) + F(2+(n-1)/2) ) + 1;
For n == 2 (mod 4): F(n) = F((n-2)/2)*( F(n/2) + F((n/2)+2) ) + 1;
For n == 3 (mod 4): F(n) = F((n-1)/2)*( F((n-1)/2) + F(2+(n-1)/2) ) - 1. (End)
F(n) = Sum_{i=0..n-1} F(i)^2 / F(n-1). - Jules Beauchamp, May 03 2025

A000108 Catalan numbers: C(n) = binomial(2n,n)/(n+1) = (2n)!/(n!(n+1)!).

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1, 1, 2, 5, 14, 42, 132, 429, 1430, 4862, 16796, 58786, 208012, 742900, 2674440, 9694845, 35357670, 129644790, 477638700, 1767263190, 6564120420, 24466267020, 91482563640, 343059613650, 1289904147324, 4861946401452, 18367353072152, 69533550916004, 263747951750360, 1002242216651368, 3814986502092304
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These were formerly sometimes called Segner numbers.
A very large number of combinatorial interpretations are known - see references, esp. R. P. Stanley, "Catalan Numbers", Cambridge University Press, 2015. This is probably the longest entry in the OEIS, and rightly so.
The solution to Schröder's first problem: number of ways to insert n pairs of parentheses in a word of n+1 letters. E.g., for n=2 there are 2 ways: ((ab)c) or (a(bc)); for n=3 there are 5 ways: ((ab)(cd)), (((ab)c)d), ((a(bc))d), (a((bc)d)), (a(b(cd))).
Consider all the binomial(2n,n) paths on squared paper that (i) start at (0, 0), (ii) end at (2n, 0) and (iii) at each step, either make a (+1,+1) step or a (+1,-1) step. Then the number of such paths that never go below the x-axis (Dyck paths) is C(n). [Chung-Feller]
Number of noncrossing partitions of the n-set. For example, of the 15 set partitions of the 4-set, only [{13},{24}] is crossing, so there are a(4)=14 noncrossing partitions of 4 elements. - Joerg Arndt, Jul 11 2011
Noncrossing partitions are partitions of genus 0. - Robert Coquereaux, Feb 13 2024
a(n-1) is the number of ways of expressing an n-cycle (123...n) in the symmetric group S_n as a product of n-1 transpositions (u_1,v_1)*(u_2,v_2)*...*(u_{n-1},v_{n-1}) where u_iA000272. - Joerg Arndt and Greg Stevenson, Jul 11 2011
a(n) is the number of ordered rooted trees with n nodes, not including the root. See the Conway-Guy reference where these rooted ordered trees are called plane bushes. See also the Bergeron et al. reference, Example 4, p. 167. - Wolfdieter Lang, Aug 07 2007
As shown in the paper from Beineke and Pippert (1971), a(n-2)=D(n) is the number of labeled dissections of a disk, related to the number R(n)=A001761(n-2) of labeled planar 2-trees having n vertices and rooted at a given exterior edge, by the formula D(n)=R(n)/(n-2)!. - M. F. Hasler, Feb 22 2012
Shifts one place left when convolved with itself.
For n >= 1, a(n) is also the number of rooted bicolored unicellular maps of genus 0 on n edges. - Ahmed Fares (ahmedfares(AT)my-deja.com), Aug 15 2001
Number of ways of joining 2n points on a circle to form n nonintersecting chords. (If no such restriction imposed, then the number of ways of forming n chords is given by (2n-1)!! = (2n)!/(n!*2^n) = A001147(n).)
Arises in Schubert calculus - see Sottile reference.
Inverse Euler transform of sequence is A022553.
With interpolated zeros, the inverse binomial transform of the Motzkin numbers A001006. - Paul Barry, Jul 18 2003
The Hankel transforms of this sequence or of this sequence with the first term omitted give A000012 = 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, ...; example: Det([1, 1, 2, 5; 1, 2, 5, 14; 2, 5, 14, 42; 5, 14, 42, 132]) = 1 and Det([1, 2, 5, 14; 2, 5, 14, 42; 5, 14, 42, 132; 14, 42, 132, 429]) = 1. - Philippe Deléham, Mar 04 2004
a(n) equals the sum of squares of terms in row n of triangle A053121, which is formed from successive self-convolutions of the Catalan sequence. - Paul D. Hanna, Apr 23 2005
Also coefficients of the Mandelbrot polynomial M iterated an infinite number of times. Examples: M(0) = 0 = 0*c^0 = [0], M(1) = c = c^1 + 0*c^0 = [1 0], M(2) = c^2 + c = c^2 + c^1 + 0*c^0 = [1 1 0], M(3) = (c^2 + c)^2 + c = [0 1 1 2 1], ... ... M(5) = [0 1 1 2 5 14 26 44 69 94 114 116 94 60 28 8 1], ... - Donald D. Cross (cosinekitty(AT)hotmail.com), Feb 04 2005
The multiplicity with which a prime p divides C_n can be determined by first expressing n+1 in base p. For p=2, the multiplicity is the number of 1 digits minus 1. For p an odd prime, count all digits greater than (p+1)/2; also count digits equal to (p+1)/2 unless final; and count digits equal to (p-1)/2 if not final and the next digit is counted. For example, n=62, n+1 = 223_5, so C_62 is not divisible by 5. n=63, n+1 = 224_5, so 5^3 | C_63. - Franklin T. Adams-Watters, Feb 08 2006
Koshy and Salmassi give an elementary proof that the only prime Catalan numbers are a(2) = 2 and a(3) = 5. Is the only semiprime Catalan number a(4) = 14? - Jonathan Vos Post, Mar 06 2006
The answer is yes. Using the formula C_n = binomial(2n,n)/(n+1), it is immediately clear that C_n can have no prime factor greater than 2n. For n >= 7, C_n > (2n)^2, so it cannot be a semiprime. Given that the Catalan numbers grow exponentially, the above consideration implies that the number of prime divisors of C_n, counted with multiplicity, must grow without limit. The number of distinct prime divisors must also grow without limit, but this is more difficult. Any prime between n+1 and 2n (exclusive) must divide C_n. That the number of such primes grows without limit follows from the prime number theorem. - Franklin T. Adams-Watters, Apr 14 2006
The number of ways to place n indistinguishable balls in n numbered boxes B1,...,Bn such that at most a total of k balls are placed in boxes B1,...,Bk for k=1,...,n. For example, a(3)=5 since there are 5 ways to distribute 3 balls among 3 boxes such that (i) box 1 gets at most 1 ball and (ii) box 1 and box 2 together get at most 2 balls:(O)(O)(O), (O)()(OO), ()(OO)(O), ()(O)(OO), ()()(OOO). - Dennis P. Walsh, Dec 04 2006
a(n) is also the order of the semigroup of order-decreasing and order-preserving full transformations (of an n-element chain) - now known as the Catalan monoid. - Abdullahi Umar, Aug 25 2008
a(n) is the number of trivial representations in the direct product of 2n spinor (the smallest) representations of the group SU(2) (A(1)). - Rutger Boels (boels(AT)nbi.dk), Aug 26 2008
The invert transform appears to converge to the Catalan numbers when applied infinitely many times to any starting sequence. - Mats Granvik, Gary W. Adamson and Roger L. Bagula, Sep 09 2008, Sep 12 2008
Limit_{n->oo} a(n)/a(n-1) = 4. - Francesco Antoni (francesco_antoni(AT)yahoo.com), Nov 24 2008
Starting with offset 1 = row sums of triangle A154559. - Gary W. Adamson, Jan 11 2009
C(n) is the degree of the Grassmannian G(1,n+1): the set of lines in (n+1)-dimensional projective space, or the set of planes through the origin in (n+2)-dimensional affine space. The Grassmannian is considered a subset of N-dimensional projective space, N = binomial(n+2,2) - 1. If we choose 2n general (n-1)-planes in projective (n+1)-space, then there are C(n) lines that meet all of them. - Benji Fisher (benji(AT)FisherFam.org), Mar 05 2009
Starting with offset 1 = A068875: (1, 2, 4, 10, 18, 84, ...) convolved with Fine numbers, A000957: (1, 0, 1, 2, 6, 18, ...). a(6) = 132 = (1, 2, 4, 10, 28, 84) dot (18, 6, 2, 1, 0, 1) = (18 + 12 + 8 + 10 + 0 + 84) = 132. - Gary W. Adamson, May 01 2009
Convolved with A032443: (1, 3, 11, 42, 163, ...) = powers of 4, A000302: (1, 4, 16, ...). - Gary W. Adamson, May 15 2009
Sum_{k>=1} C(k-1)/2^(2k-1) = 1. The k-th term in the summation is the probability that a random walk on the integers (beginning at the origin) will arrive at positive one (for the first time) in exactly (2k-1) steps. - Geoffrey Critzer, Sep 12 2009
C(p+q)-C(p)*C(q) = Sum_{i=0..p-1, j=0..q-1} C(i)*C(j)*C(p+q-i-j-1). - Groux Roland, Nov 13 2009
Leonhard Euler used the formula C(n) = Product_{i=3..n} (4*i-10)/(i-1) in his 'Betrachtungen, auf wie vielerley Arten ein gegebenes polygonum durch Diagonallinien in triangula zerschnitten werden könne' and computes by recursion C(n+2) for n = 1..8. (Berlin, 4th September 1751, in a letter to Goldbach.) - Peter Luschny, Mar 13 2010
Let A179277 = A(x). Then C(x) is satisfied by A(x)/A(x^2). - Gary W. Adamson, Jul 07 2010
a(n) is also the number of quivers in the mutation class of type B_n or of type C_n. - Christian Stump, Nov 02 2010
From Matthew Vandermast, Nov 22 2010: (Start)
Consider a set of A000217(n) balls of n colors in which, for each integer k = 1 to n, exactly one color appears in the set a total of k times. (Each ball has exactly one color and is indistinguishable from other balls of the same color.) a(n+1) equals the number of ways to choose 0 or more balls of each color while satisfying the following conditions: 1. No two colors are chosen the same positive number of times. 2. For any two colors (c, d) that are chosen at least once, color c is chosen more times than color d iff color c appears more times in the original set than color d.
If the second requirement is lifted, the number of acceptable ways equals A000110(n+1). See related comments for A016098, A085082. (End)
Deutsch and Sagan prove the Catalan number C_n is odd if and only if n = 2^a - 1 for some nonnegative integer a. Lin proves for every odd Catalan number C_n, we have C_n == 1 (mod 4). - Jonathan Vos Post, Dec 09 2010
a(n) is the number of functions f:{1,2,...,n}->{1,2,...,n} such that f(1)=1 and for all n >= 1 f(n+1) <= f(n)+1. For a nice bijection between this set of functions and the set of length 2n Dyck words, see page 333 of the Fxtbook (see link below). - Geoffrey Critzer, Dec 16 2010
Postnikov (2005) defines "generalized Catalan numbers" associated with buildings (e.g., Catalan numbers of Type B, see A000984). - N. J. A. Sloane, Dec 10 2011
Number of permutations in S(n) for which length equals depth. - Bridget Tenner, Feb 22 2012
a(n) is also the number of standard Young tableau of shape (n,n). - Thotsaporn Thanatipanonda, Feb 25 2012
a(n) is the number of binary sequences of length 2n+1 in which the number of ones first exceed the number of zeros at entry 2n+1. See the example below in the example section. - Dennis P. Walsh, Apr 11 2012
Number of binary necklaces of length 2*n+1 containing n 1's (or, by symmetry, 0's). All these are Lyndon words and their representatives (as cyclic maxima) are the binary Dyck words. - Joerg Arndt, Nov 12 2012
Number of sequences consisting of n 'x' letters and n 'y' letters such that (counting from the left) the 'x' count >= 'y' count. For example, for n=3 we have xxxyyy, xxyxyy, xxyyxy, xyxxyy and xyxyxy. - Jon Perry, Nov 16 2012
a(n) is the number of Motzkin paths of length n-1 in which the (1,0)-steps come in 2 colors. Example: a(4)=14 because, denoting U=(1,1), H=(1,0), and D=(1,-1), we have 8 paths of shape HHH, 2 paths of shape UHD, 2 paths of shape UDH, and 2 paths of shape HUD. - José Luis Ramírez Ramírez, Jan 16 2013
If p is an odd prime, then (-1)^((p-1)/2)*a((p-1)/2) mod p = 2. - Gary Detlefs, Feb 20 2013
Conjecture: For any positive integer n, the polynomial Sum_{k=0..n} a(k)*x^k is irreducible over the field of rational numbers. - Zhi-Wei Sun, Mar 23 2013
a(n) is the size of the Jones monoid on 2n points (cf. A225798). - James Mitchell, Jul 28 2013
For 0 < p < 1, define f(p) = Sum_{n>=0} a(n)*(p*(1-p))^n, then f(p) = min{1/p, 1/(1-p)}, so f(p) reaches its maximum value 2 at p = 0.5, and p*f(p) is constant 1 for 0.5 <= p < 1. - Bob Selcoe, Nov 16 2013 [Corrected by Jianing Song, May 21 2021]
No a(n) has the form x^m with m > 1 and x > 1. - Zhi-Wei Sun, Dec 02 2013
From Alexander Adamchuk, Dec 27 2013: (Start)
Prime p divides a((p+1)/2) for p > 3. See A120303(n) = Largest prime factor of Catalan number.
Reciprocal Catalan Constant C = 1 + 4*sqrt(3)*Pi/27 = 1.80613.. = A121839.
Log(Phi) = (125*C - 55) / (24*sqrt(5)), where C = Sum_{k>=1} (-1)^(k+1)*1/a(k). See A002390 = Decimal expansion of natural logarithm of golden ratio.
3-d analog of the Catalan numbers: (3n)!/(n!(n+1)!(n+2)!) = A161581(n) = A006480(n) / ((n+1)^2*(n+2)), where A006480(n) = (3n)!/(n!)^3 De Bruijn's S(3,n). (End)
For a relation to the inviscid Burgers's, or Hopf, equation, see A001764. - Tom Copeland, Feb 15 2014
From Fung Lam, May 01 2014: (Start)
One class of generalized Catalan numbers can be defined by g.f. A(x) = (1-sqrt(1-q*4*x*(1-(q-1)*x)))/(2*q*x) with nonzero parameter q. Recurrence: (n+3)*a(n+2) -2*q*(2*n+3)*a(n+1) +4*q*(q-1)*n*a(n) = 0 with a(0)=1, a(1)=1.
Asymptotic approximation for q >= 1: a(n) ~ (2*q+2*sqrt(q))^n*sqrt(2*q*(1+sqrt(q))) /sqrt(4*q^2*Pi*n^3).
For q <= -1, the g.f. defines signed sequences with asymptotic approximation: a(n) ~ Re(sqrt(2*q*(1+sqrt(q)))*(2*q+2*sqrt(q))^n) / sqrt(q^2*Pi*n^3), where Re denotes the real part. Due to Stokes' phenomena, accuracy of the asymptotic approximation deteriorates at/near certain values of n.
Special cases are A000108 (q=1), A068764 to A068772 (q=2 to 10), A240880 (q=-3).
(End)
Number of sequences [s(0), s(1), ..., s(n)] with s(n)=0, Sum_{j=0..n} s(j) = n, and Sum_{j=0..k} s(j)-1 >= 0 for k < n-1 (and necessarily Sum_{j=0..n-1} s(j)-1 = 0). These are the branching sequences of the (ordered) trees with n non-root nodes, see example. - Joerg Arndt, Jun 30 2014
Number of stack-sortable permutations of [n], these are the 231-avoiding permutations; see the Bousquet-Mélou reference. - Joerg Arndt, Jul 01 2014
a(n) is the number of increasing strict binary trees with 2n-1 nodes that avoid 132. For more information about increasing strict binary trees with an associated permutation, see A245894. - Manda Riehl, Aug 07 2014
In a one-dimensional medium with elastic scattering (zig-zag walk), first recurrence after 2n+1 scattering events has the probability C(n)/2^(2n+1). - Joachim Wuttke, Sep 11 2014
The o.g.f. C(x) = (1 - sqrt(1-4x))/2, for the Catalan numbers, with comp. inverse Cinv(x) = x*(1-x) and the functions P(x) = x / (1 + t*x) and its inverse Pinv(x,t) = -P(-x,t) = x / (1 - t*x) form a group under composition that generates or interpolates among many classic arrays, such as the Motzkin (Riordan, A005043), Fibonacci (A000045), and Fine (A000957) numbers and polynomials (A030528), and enumerating arrays for Motzkin, Dyck, and Łukasiewicz lattice paths and different types of trees and non-crossing partitions (A091867, connected to sums of the refined Narayana numbers A134264). - Tom Copeland, Nov 04 2014
Conjecture: All the rational numbers Sum_{i=j..k} 1/a(i) with 0 < min{2,k} <= j <= k have pairwise distinct fractional parts. - Zhi-Wei Sun, Sep 24 2015
The Catalan number series A000108(n+3), offset n=0, gives Hankel transform revealing the square pyramidal numbers starting at 5, A000330(n+2), offset n=0 (empirical observation). - Tony Foster III, Sep 05 2016
Hankel transforms of the Catalan numbers with the first 2, 4, and 5 terms omitted give A001477, A006858, and A091962, respectively, without the first 2 terms in all cases. More generally, the Hankel transform of the Catalan numbers with the first k terms omitted is H_k(n) = Product_{j=1..k-1} Product_{i=1..j} (2*n+j+i)/(j+i) [see Cigler (2011), Eq. (1.14) and references therein]; together they form the array A078920/A123352/A368025. - Andrey Zabolotskiy, Oct 13 2016
Presumably this satisfies Benford's law, although the results in Hürlimann (2009) do not make this clear. See S. J. Miller, ed., 2015, p. 5. - N. J. A. Sloane, Feb 09 2017
Coefficients of the generating series associated to the Magmatic and Dendriform operadic algebras. Cf. p. 422 and 435 of the Loday et al. paper. - Tom Copeland, Jul 08 2018
Let M_n be the n X n matrix with M_n(i,j) = binomial(i+j-1,2j-2); then det(M_n) = a(n). - Tony Foster III, Aug 30 2018
Also the number of Catalan trees, or planted plane trees (Bona, 2015, p. 299, Theorem 4.6.3). - N. J. A. Sloane, Dec 25 2018
Number of coalescent histories for a caterpillar species tree and a matching caterpillar gene tree with n+1 leaves (Rosenberg 2007, Corollary 3.5). - Noah A Rosenberg, Jan 28 2019
Finding solutions of eps*x^2+x-1 = 0 for eps small, that is, writing x = Sum_{n>=0} x_{n}*eps^n and expanding, one finds x = 1 - eps + 2*eps^2 - 5*eps^3 + 14*eps^3 - 42*eps^4 + ... with x_{n} = (-1)^n*C(n). Further, letting x = 1/y and expanding y about 0 to find large roots, that is, y = Sum_{n>=1} y_{n}*eps^n, one finds y = 0 - eps + eps^2 - 2*eps^3 + 5*eps^3 - ... with y_{n} = (-1)^n*C(n-1). - Derek Orr, Mar 15 2019
Permutations of length n that produce a bipartite permutation graph of order n [see Knuth (1973), Busch (2006), Golumbic and Trenk (2004)]. - Elise Anderson, R. M. Argus, Caitlin Owens, Tessa Stevens, Jun 27 2019
For n > 0, a random selection of n + 1 objects (the minimum number ensuring one pair by the pigeonhole principle) from n distinct pairs of indistinguishable objects contains only one pair with probability 2^(n-1)/a(n) = b(n-1)/A098597(n), where b is the 0-offset sequence with the terms of A120777 repeated (1,1,4,4,8,8,64,64,128,128,...). E.g., randomly selecting 6 socks from 5 pairs that are black, blue, brown, green, and white, results in only one pair of the same color with probability 2^(5-1)/a(5) = 16/42 = 8/21 = b(4)/A098597(5). - Rick L. Shepherd, Sep 02 2019
See Haran & Tabachnikov link for a video discussing Conway-Coxeter friezes. The Conway-Coxeter friezes with n nontrivial rows are generated by the counts of triangles at each vertex in the triangulations of regular n-gons, of which there are a(n). - Charles R Greathouse IV, Sep 28 2019
For connections to knot theory and scattering amplitudes from Feynman diagrams, see Broadhurst and Kreimer, and Todorov. Eqn. 6.12 on p. 130 of Bessis et al. becomes, after scaling, -12g * r_0(-y/(12g)) = (1-sqrt(1-4y))/2, the o.g.f. (expressed as a Taylor series in Eqn. 7.22 in 12gx) given for the Catalan numbers in Copeland's (Sep 30 2011) formula below. (See also Mizera p. 34, Balduf pp. 79-80, Keitel and Bartosch.) - Tom Copeland, Nov 17 2019
Number of permutations in S_n whose principal order ideals in the weak order are modular lattices. - Bridget Tenner, Jan 16 2020
Number of permutations in S_n whose principal order ideals in the weak order are distributive lattices. - Bridget Tenner, Jan 16 2020
Legendre gives the following formula for computing the square root modulo 2^m:
sqrt(1 + 8*a) mod 2^m = (1 + 4*a*Sum_{i=0..m-4} C(i)*(-2*a)^i) mod 2^m
as cited by L. D. Dickson, History of the Theory of Numbers, Vol. 1, 207-208. - Peter Schorn, Feb 11 2020
a(n) is the number of length n permutations sorted to the identity by a consecutive-132-avoiding stack followed by a classical-21-avoiding stack. - Kai Zheng, Aug 28 2020
Number of non-crossing partitions of a 2*n-set with n blocks of size 2. Also number of non-crossing partitions of a 2*n-set with n+1 blocks of size at most 3, and without cyclical adjacencies. The two partitions can be mapped by rotated Kreweras bijection. - Yuchun Ji, Jan 18 2021
Named by Riordan (1968, and earlier in Mathematical Reviews, 1948 and 1964) after the French and Belgian mathematician Eugène Charles Catalan (1814-1894) (see Pak, 2014). - Amiram Eldar, Apr 15 2021
For n >= 1, a(n-1) is the number of interpretations of x^n is an algebra where power-associativity is not assumed. For example, for n = 4 there are a(3) = 5 interpretations: x(x(xx)), x((xx)x), (xx)(xx), (x(xx))x, ((xx)x)x. See the link "Non-associate powers and a functional equation" from I. M. H. Etherington and the page "Nonassociative Product" from Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics for detailed information. See also A001190 for the case where multiplication is commutative. - Jianing Song, Apr 29 2022
Number of states in the transition diagram associated with the Laplacian system over the complete graph K_N, corresponding to ordered initial conditions x_1 < x_2 < ... < x_N. - Andrea Arlette España, Nov 06 2022
a(n) is the number of 132-avoiding stabilized-interval-free permutations of size n+1. - Juan B. Gil, Jun 22 2023
Number of rooted polyominoes composed of n triangular cells of the hyperbolic regular tiling with Schläfli symbol {3,oo}. A rooted polyomino has one external edge identified, and chiral pairs are counted as two. A stereographic projection of the {3,oo} tiling on the Poincaré disk can be obtained via the Christensson link. - Robert A. Russell, Jan 27 2024
a(n) is the number of extremely lucky Stirling permutations of order n; i.e., the number of Stirling permutations of order n that have exactly n lucky cars. (see Colmenarejo et al. reference) - Bridget Tenner, Apr 16 2024

Examples

			From _Joerg Arndt_ and Greg Stevenson, Jul 11 2011: (Start)
The following products of 3 transpositions lead to a 4-cycle in S_4:
(1,2)*(1,3)*(1,4);
(1,2)*(1,4)*(3,4);
(1,3)*(1,4)*(2,3);
(1,4)*(2,3)*(2,4);
(1,4)*(2,4)*(3,4). (End)
G.f. = 1 + x + 2*x^2 + 5*x^3 + 14*x^4 + 42*x^5 + 132*x^6 + 429*x^7 + ...
For n=3, a(3)=5 since there are exactly 5 binary sequences of length 7 in which the number of ones first exceed the number of zeros at entry 7, namely, 0001111, 0010111, 0011011, 0100111, and 0101011. - _Dennis P. Walsh_, Apr 11 2012
From _Joerg Arndt_, Jun 30 2014: (Start)
The a(4) = 14 branching sequences of the (ordered) trees with 4 non-root nodes are (dots denote zeros):
01:  [ 1 1 1 1 . ]
02:  [ 1 1 2 . . ]
03:  [ 1 2 . 1 . ]
04:  [ 1 2 1 . . ]
05:  [ 1 3 . . . ]
06:  [ 2 . 1 1 . ]
07:  [ 2 . 2 . . ]
08:  [ 2 1 . 1 . ]
09:  [ 2 1 1 . . ]
10:  [ 2 2 . . . ]
11:  [ 3 . . 1 . ]
12:  [ 3 . 1 . . ]
13:  [ 3 1 . . . ]
14:  [ 4 . . . . ]
(End)
		

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Crossrefs

A row of A060854.
See A001003, A001190, A001699, A000081 for other ways to count parentheses.
Enumerates objects encoded by A014486.
A diagonal of any of the essentially equivalent arrays A009766, A030237, A033184, A059365, A099039, A106566, A130020, A047072.
Cf. A051168 (diagonal of the square array described).
Cf. A033552, A176137 (partitions into Catalan numbers).
Cf. A000753, A000736 (Boustrophedon transforms).
Cf. A120303 (largest prime factor of Catalan number).
Cf. A121839 (reciprocal Catalan constant), A268813.
Cf. A038003, A119861, A119908, A120274, A120275 (odd Catalan number).
Cf. A002390 (decimal expansion of natural logarithm of golden ratio).
Coefficients of square root of the g.f. are A001795/A046161.
For a(n) mod 6 see A259667.
For a(n) in base 2 see A264663.
Hankel transforms with first terms omitted: A001477, A006858, A091962, A078920, A123352, A368025.
Cf. A332602 (conjectured production matrix).
Polyominoes: A001683(n+2) (oriented), A000207 (unoriented), A369314 (chiral), A208355(n-1) (achiral), A001764 {4,oo}.

Programs

  • GAP
    A000108:=List([0..30],n->Binomial(2*n,n)/(n+1)); # Muniru A Asiru, Feb 17 2018
  • Haskell
    import Data.List (genericIndex)
    a000108 n = genericIndex a000108_list n
    a000108_list = 1 : catalan [1] where
       catalan cs = c : catalan (c:cs) where
          c = sum $ zipWith (*) cs $ reverse cs
    -- Reinhard Zumkeller, Nov 12 2011
    a000108 = map last $ iterate (scanl1 (+) . (++ [0])) [1]
    -- David Spies, Aug 23 2015
    
  • Magma
    C:= func< n | Binomial(2*n,n)/(n+1) >; [ C(n) : n in [0..60]];
    
  • Magma
    [Catalan(n): n in [0..40]]; // Vincenzo Librandi, Apr 02 2011
    
  • Maple
    A000108 := n->binomial(2*n,n)/(n+1);
    G000108 := (1 - sqrt(1 - 4*x)) / (2*x);
    spec := [ A, {A=Prod(Z,Sequence(A))}, unlabeled ]: [ seq(combstruct[count](spec, size=n+1), n=0..42) ];
    with(combstruct): bin := {B=Union(Z,Prod(B,B))}: seq(count([B,bin,unlabeled],size=n+1), n=0..25); # Zerinvary Lajos, Dec 05 2007
    gser := series(G000108, x=0, 42): seq(coeff(gser, x, n), n=0..41); # Zerinvary Lajos, May 21 2008
    seq((2*n)!*coeff(series(hypergeom([],[2],x^2),x,2*n+2),x,2*n),n=0..30); # Peter Luschny, Jan 31 2015
    A000108List := proc(m) local A, P, n; A := [1, 1]; P := [1];
    for n from 1 to m - 2 do P := ListTools:-PartialSums([op(P), A[-1]]);
    A := [op(A), P[-1]] od; A end: A000108List(31); # Peter Luschny, Mar 24 2022
  • Mathematica
    Table[(2 n)!/n!/(n + 1)!, {n, 0, 20}]
    Table[4^n Gamma[n + 1/2]/(Sqrt[Pi] Gamma[n + 2]), {n, 0, 20}] (* Eric W. Weisstein, Oct 31 2024 *)
    Table[Hypergeometric2F1[1 - n, -n, 2, 1], {n, 0, 20}] (* Richard L. Ollerton, Sep 13 2006 *)
    Table[CatalanNumber @ n, {n, 0, 20}] (* Robert G. Wilson v, Feb 15 2011 *)
    CatalanNumber[Range[0, 20]] (* Eric W. Weisstein, Oct 31 2024 *)
    CoefficientList[InverseSeries[Series[x/Sum[x^n, {n, 0, 31}], {x, 0, 31}]]/x, x] (* Mats Granvik, Nov 24 2013 *)
    CoefficientList[Series[(1 - Sqrt[1 - 4 x])/(2 x), {x, 0, 20}], x] (* Stefano Spezia, Aug 31 2018 *)
  • Maxima
    A000108(n):=binomial(2*n,n)/(n+1)$ makelist(A000108(n),n,0,30); /* Martin Ettl, Oct 24 2012 */
    
  • MuPAD
    combinat::dyckWords::count(n) $ n = 0..38 // Zerinvary Lajos, Apr 14 2007
    
  • PARI
    a(n)=binomial(2*n,n)/(n+1) \\ M. F. Hasler, Aug 25 2012
    
  • PARI
    a(n) = (2*n)! / n! / (n+1)!
    
  • PARI
    a(n) = my(A, m); if( n<0, 0, m=1; A = 1 + x + O(x^2); while(m<=n, m*=2; A = sqrt(subst(A, x, 4*x^2)); A += (A - 1) / (2*x*A)); polcoeff(A, n));
    
  • PARI
    {a(n) = if( n<1, n==0, polcoeff( serreverse( x / (1 + x)^2 + x * O(x^n)), n))}; /* Michael Somos */
    
  • PARI
    (recur(a,b)=if(b<=2,(a==2)+(a==b)+(a!=b)*(1+a/2), (1+a/b)*recur(a,b-1))); a(n)=recur(n,n); \\ R. J. Cano, Nov 22 2012
    
  • PARI
    x='x+O('x^40); Vec((1-sqrt(1-4*x))/(2*x)) \\ Altug Alkan, Oct 13 2015
    
  • Python
    from gmpy2 import divexact
    A000108 = [1, 1]
    for n in range(1, 10**3):
        A000108.append(divexact(A000108[-1]*(4*n+2),(n+2))) # Chai Wah Wu, Aug 31 2014
    
  • Python
    # Works in Sage also.
    A000108 = [1]
    for n in range(1000):
        A000108.append(A000108[-1]*(4*n+2)//(n+2)) # Günter Rote, Nov 08 2023
    
  • Sage
    [catalan_number(i) for i in range(27)] # Zerinvary Lajos, Jun 26 2008
    
  • Sage
    # Generalized algorithm of L. Seidel
    def A000108_list(n) :
        D = [0]*(n+1); D[1] = 1
        b = True; h = 1; R = []
        for i in range(2*n-1) :
            if b :
                for k in range(h,0,-1) : D[k] += D[k-1]
                h += 1; R.append(D[1])
            else :
                for k in range(1,h, 1) : D[k] += D[k+1]
            b = not b
        return R
    A000108_list(31) # Peter Luschny, Jun 02 2012
    

Formula

a(n) = binomial(2*n, n)/(n+1) = (2*n)!/(n!*(n+1)!) = A000984(n)/(n+1).
Recurrence: a(n) = 2*(2*n-1)*a(n-1)/(n+1) with a(0) = 1.
Recurrence: a(n) = Sum_{k=0..n-1} a(k)a(n-1-k).
G.f.: A(x) = (1 - sqrt(1 - 4*x)) / (2*x), and satisfies A(x) = 1 + x*A(x)^2.
a(n) = Product_{k=2..n} (1 + n/k).
a(n+1) = Sum_{i} binomial(n, 2*i)*2^(n-2*i)*a(i). - Touchard
It is known that a(n) is odd if and only if n=2^k-1, k=0, 1, 2, 3, ... - Emeric Deutsch, Aug 04 2002, corrected by M. F. Hasler, Nov 08 2015
Using the Stirling approximation in A000142 we get the asymptotic expansion a(n) ~ 4^n / (sqrt(Pi * n) * (n + 1)). - Dan Fux (dan.fux(AT)OpenGaia.com or danfux(AT)OpenGaia.com), Apr 13 2001
Integral representation: a(n) = (1/(2*Pi))*Integral_{x=0..4} x^n*sqrt((4-x)/x). - Karol A. Penson, Apr 12 2001
E.g.f.: exp(2*x)*(I_0(2*x)-I_1(2*x)), where I_n is Bessel function. - Karol A. Penson, Oct 07 2001
a(n) = polygorial(n, 6)/polygorial(n, 3). - Daniel Dockery (peritus(AT)gmail.com), Jun 24 2003
G.f. A(x) satisfies ((A(x) + A(-x)) / 2)^2 = A(4*x^2). - Michael Somos, Jun 27 2003
G.f. A(x) satisfies Sum_{k>=1} k(A(x)-1)^k = Sum_{n>=1} 4^{n-1}*x^n. - Shapiro, Woan, Getu
a(n+m) = Sum_{k} A039599(n, k)*A039599(m, k). - Philippe Deléham, Dec 22 2003
a(n+1) = (1/(n+1))*Sum_{k=0..n} a(n-k)*binomial(2k+1, k+1). - Philippe Deléham, Jan 24 2004
a(n) = Sum_{k>=0} A008313(n, k)^2. - Philippe Deléham, Feb 14 2004
a(m+n+1) = Sum_{k>=0} A039598(m, k)*A039598(n, k). - Philippe Deléham, Feb 15 2004
a(n) = Sum_{k=0..n} (-1)^k*2^(n-k)*binomial(n, k)*binomial(k, floor(k/2)). - Paul Barry, Jan 27 2005
Sum_{n>=0} 1/a(n) = 2 + 4*Pi/3^(5/2) = F(1,2;1/2;1/4) = A268813 = 2.806133050770763... (see L'Univers de Pi link). - Gerald McGarvey and Benoit Cloitre, Feb 13 2005
a(n) = Sum_{k=0..floor(n/2)} ((n-2*k+1)*binomial(n, n-k)/(n-k+1))^2, which is equivalent to: a(n) = Sum_{k=0..n} A053121(n, k)^2, for n >= 0. - Paul D. Hanna, Apr 23 2005
a((m+n)/2) = Sum_{k>=0} A053121(m, k)*A053121(n, k) if m+n is even. - Philippe Deléham, May 26 2005
E.g.f. Sum_{n>=0} a(n) * x^(2*n) / (2*n)! = BesselI(1, 2*x) / x. - Michael Somos, Jun 22 2005
Given g.f. A(x), then B(x) = x * A(x^3) satisfies 0 = f(x, B(X)) where f(u, v) = u - v + (u*v)^2 or B(x) = x + (x * B(x))^2 which implies B(-B(x)) = -x and also (1 + B^3) / B^2 = (1 - x^3) / x^2. - Michael Somos, Jun 27 2005
a(n) = a(n-1)*(4-6/(n+1)). a(n) = 2a(n-1)*(8a(n-2)+a(n-1))/(10a(n-2)-a(n-1)). - Franklin T. Adams-Watters, Feb 08 2006
Sum_{k>=1} a(k)/4^k = 1. - Franklin T. Adams-Watters, Jun 28 2006
a(n) = A047996(2*n+1, n). - Philippe Deléham, Jul 25 2006
Binomial transform of A005043. - Philippe Deléham, Oct 20 2006
a(n) = Sum_{k=0..n} (-1)^k*A116395(n,k). - Philippe Deléham, Nov 07 2006
a(n) = (1/(s-n))*Sum_{k=0..n} (-1)^k (k+s-n)*binomial(s-n,k) * binomial(s+n-k,s) with s a nonnegative free integer [H. W. Gould].
a(k) = Sum_{i=1..k} |A008276(i,k)| * (k-1)^(k-i) / k!. - André F. Labossière, May 29 2007
a(n) = Sum_{k=0..n} A129818(n,k) * A007852(k+1). - Philippe Deléham, Jun 20 2007
a(n) = Sum_{k=0..n} A109466(n,k) * A127632(k). - Philippe Deléham, Jun 20 2007
Row sums of triangle A124926. - Gary W. Adamson, Oct 22 2007
Limit_{n->oo} (1 + Sum_{k=0..n} a(k)/A004171(k)) = 4/Pi. - Reinhard Zumkeller, Aug 26 2008
a(n) = Sum_{k=0..n} A120730(n,k)^2 and a(k+1) = Sum_{n>=k} A120730(n,k). - Philippe Deléham, Oct 18 2008
Given an integer t >= 1 and initial values u = [a_0, a_1, ..., a_{t-1}], we may define an infinite sequence Phi(u) by setting a_n = a_{n-1} + a_0*a_{n-1} + a_1*a_{n-2} + ... + a_{n-2}*a_1 for n >= t. For example, the present sequence is Phi([1]) (also Phi([1,1])). - Gary W. Adamson, Oct 27 2008
a(n) = Sum_{l_1=0..n+1} Sum_{l_2=0..n}...Sum_{l_i=0..n-i}...Sum_{l_n=0..1} delta(l_1,l_2,...,l_i,...,l_n) where delta(l_1,l_2,...,l_i,...,l_n) = 0 if any l_i < l_(i+1) and l_(i+1) <> 0 for i=1..n-1 and delta(l_1,l_2,...,l_i,...,l_n) = 1 otherwise. - Thomas Wieder, Feb 25 2009
a(n) = A000680(n)/A006472(n+1). - Mark Dols, Jul 14 2010; corrected by M. F. Hasler, Nov 08 2015
Let A(x) be the g.f., then B(x)=x*A(x) satisfies the differential equation B'(x)-2*B'(x)*B(x)-1=0. - Vladimir Kruchinin, Jan 18 2011
Complement of A092459; A010058(a(n)) = 1. - Reinhard Zumkeller, Mar 29 2011
G.f.: 1/(1-x/(1-x/(1-x/(...)))) (continued fraction). - Joerg Arndt, Mar 18 2011
With F(x) = (1-2*x-sqrt(1-4*x))/(2*x) an o.g.f. in x for the Catalan series, G(x) = x/(1+x)^2 is the compositional inverse of F (nulling the n=0 term). - Tom Copeland, Sep 04 2011
With H(x) = 1/(dG(x)/dx) = (1+x)^3 / (1-x), the n-th Catalan number is given by (1/n!)*((H(x)*d/dx)^n)x evaluated at x=0, i.e., F(x) = exp(x*H(u)*d/du)u, evaluated at u = 0. Also, dF(x)/dx = H(F(x)), and H(x) is the o.g.f. for A115291. - Tom Copeland, Sep 04 2011
From Tom Copeland, Sep 30 2011: (Start)
With F(x) = (1-sqrt(1-4*x))/2 an o.g.f. in x for the Catalan series, G(x)= x*(1-x) is the compositional inverse and this relates the Catalan numbers to the row sums of A125181.
With H(x) = 1/(dG(x)/dx) = 1/(1-2x), the n-th Catalan number (offset 1) is given by (1/n!)*((H(x)*d/dx)^n)x evaluated at x=0, i.e., F(x) = exp(x*H(u)*d/du)u, evaluated at u = 0. Also, dF(x)/dx = H(F(x)). (End)
G.f.: (1-sqrt(1-4*x))/(2*x) = G(0) where G(k) = 1 + (4*k+1)*x/(k+1-2*x*(k+1)*(4*k+3)/(2*x*(4*k+3)+(2*k+3)/G(k+1))); (continued fraction). - Sergei N. Gladkovskii, Nov 30 2011
E.g.f.: exp(2*x)*(BesselI(0,2*x) - BesselI(1,2*x)) = G(0) where G(k) = 1 + (4*k+1)*x/((k+1)*(2*k+1)-x*(k+1)*(2*k+1)*(4*k+3)/(x*(4*k+3)+(k+1)*(2*k+3)/G(k+1))); (continued fraction). - Sergei N. Gladkovskii, Nov 30 2011
E.g.f.: Hypergeometric([1/2],[2],4*x) which coincides with the e.g.f. given just above, and also by Karol A. Penson further above. - Wolfdieter Lang, Jan 13 2012
A076050(a(n)) = n + 1 for n > 0. - Reinhard Zumkeller, Feb 17 2012
a(n) = A208355(2*n-1) = A208355(2*n) for n > 0. - Reinhard Zumkeller, Mar 04 2012
a(n+1) = A214292(2*n+1,n) = A214292(2*n+2,n). - Reinhard Zumkeller, Jul 12 2012
G.f.: 1 + 2*x/(U(0)-2*x) where U(k) = k*(4*x+1) + 2*x + 2 - x*(2*k+3)*(2*k+4)/U(k+1); (continued fraction, Euler's 1st kind, 1-step). - Sergei N. Gladkovskii, Sep 20 2012
G.f.: hypergeom([1/2,1],[2],4*x). - Joerg Arndt, Apr 06 2013
Special values of Jacobi polynomials, in Maple notation: a(n) = 4^n*JacobiP(n,1,-1/2-n,-1)/(n+1). - Karol A. Penson, Jul 28 2013
For n > 0: a(n) = sum of row n in triangle A001263. - Reinhard Zumkeller, Oct 10 2013
a(n) = binomial(2n,n-1)/n and a(n) mod n = binomial(2n,n) mod n = A059288(n). - Jonathan Sondow, Dec 14 2013
a(n-1) = Sum_{t1+2*t2+...+n*tn=n} (-1)^(1+t1+t2+...+tn)*multinomial(t1+t2 +...+tn,t1,t2,...,tn)*a(1)^t1*a(2)^t2*...*a(n)^tn. - Mircea Merca, Feb 27 2014
a(n) = Sum_{k=1..n} binomial(n+k-1,n)/n if n > 0. Alexander Adamchuk, Mar 25 2014
a(n) = -2^(2*n+1) * binomial(n-1/2, -3/2). - Peter Luschny, May 06 2014
a(n) = (4*A000984(n) - A000984(n+1))/2. - Stanislav Sykora, Aug 09 2014
a(n) = A246458(n) * A246466(n). - Tom Edgar, Sep 02 2014
a(n) = (2*n)!*[x^(2*n)]hypergeom([],[2],x^2). - Peter Luschny, Jan 31 2015
a(n) = 4^(n-1)*hypergeom([3/2, 1-n], [3], 1). - Peter Luschny, Feb 03 2015
a(2n) = 2*A000150(2n); a(2n+1) = 2*A000150(2n+1) + a(n). - John Bodeen, Jun 24 2015
a(n) = Sum_{t=1..n+1} n^(t-1)*abs(Stirling1(n+1, t)) / Sum_{t=1..n+1} abs(Stirling1(n+1, t)), for n > 0, see (10) in Cereceda link. - Michel Marcus, Oct 06 2015
a(n) ~ 4^(n-2)*(128 + 160/N^2 + 84/N^4 + 715/N^6 - 10180/N^8)/(N^(3/2)*Pi^(1/2)) where N = 4*n+3. - Peter Luschny, Oct 14 2015
a(n) = Sum_{k=1..floor((n+1)/2)} (-1)^(k-1)*binomial(n+1-k,k)*a(n-k) if n > 0; and a(0) = 1. - David Pasino, Jun 29 2016
Sum_{n>=0} (-1)^n/a(n) = 14/25 - 24*arccsch(2)/(25*sqrt(5)) = 14/25 - 24*A002390/(25*sqrt(5)) = 0.353403708337278061333... - Ilya Gutkovskiy, Jun 30 2016
C(n) = (1/n) * Sum_{i+j+k=n-1} C(i)*C(j)*C(k)*(k+1), n >= 1. - Yuchun Ji, Feb 21 2016
C(n) = 1 + Sum_{i+j+kYuchun Ji, Sep 01 2016
a(n) = A001700(n) - A162551(n) = binomial(2*n+1,n+1). - 2*binomial(2*n,n-1). - Taras Goy, Aug 09 2018
G.f.: A(x) = (1 - sqrt(1 - 4*x)) / (2*x) = 2F1(1/2,1;2;4*x). G.f. A(x) satisfies A = 1 + x*A^2. - R. J. Mathar, Nov 17 2018
C(n) = 1 + Sum_{i=0..n-1} A000245(i). - Yuchun Ji, Jan 10 2019
From A.H.M. Smeets, Apr 11 2020: (Start)
(1+sqrt(1+4*x))/2 = 1-Sum_{i >= 0} a(i)*(-x)^(i+1), for any complex x with |x| < 1/4; and sqrt(x+sqrt(x+sqrt(x+...))) = 1-Sum_{i >= 0} a(i)*(-x)^(i+1), for any complex x with |x| < 1/4 and x <> 0. (End)
a(3n+1)*a(5n+4)*a(15n+10) = a(3n+2)*a(5n+2)*a(15n+11). The first case of Catalan product equation of a triple partition of 23n+15. - Yuchun Ji, Sep 27 2020
a(n) = 4^n * (-1)^(n+1) * 3F2[{n + 1,n + 1/2,n}, {3/2,1}, -1], n >= 1. - Sergii Voloshyn, Oct 22 2020
a(n) = 2^(1 + 2 n) * (-1)^(n)/(1 + n) * 3F2[{n, 1/2 + n, 1 + n}, {1/2, 1}, -1], n >= 1. - Sergii Voloshyn, Nov 08 2020
a(n) = (1/Pi)*4^(n+1)*Integral_{x=0..Pi/2} cos(x)^(2*n)*sin(x)^2 dx. - Greg Dresden, May 30 2021
From Peter Bala, Aug 17 2021: (Start)
G.f. A(x) satisfies A(x) = 1/sqrt(1 - 4*x) * A( -x/(1 - 4*x) ) and (A(x) + A(-x))/2 = 1/sqrt(1 - 4*x) * A( -2*x/(1 - 4*x) ); these are the cases k = 0 and k = -1 of the general formula 1/sqrt(1 - 4*x) * A( (k-1)*x/(1 - 4*x) ) = Sum_{n >= 0} ((k^(n+1) - 1)/(k - 1))*Catalan(n)*x^n.
2 - sqrt(1 - 4*x)/A( k*x/(1 - 4*x) ) = 1 + Sum_{n >= 1} (1 + (k + 1)^n) * Catalan(n-1)*x^n. (End)
Sum_{n>=0} a(n)*(-1/4)^n = 2*(sqrt(2)-1) (A163960). - Amiram Eldar, Mar 22 2022
0 = a(n)*(16*a(n+1) - 10*a(n+2)) + a(n+1)*(2*a(n+1) + a(n+2)) for all n>=0. - Michael Somos, Dec 12 2022
G.f.: (offset 1) 1/G(x), with G(x) = 1 - 2*x - x^2/G(x) (Jacobi continued fraction). - Nikolaos Pantelidis, Feb 01 2023
a(n) = K^(2n+1, n, 1) for all n >= 0, where K^(n, s, x) is the Krawtchouk polynomial defined to be Sum_{k=0..s} (-1)^k * binomial(n-x, s-k) * binomial(x, k). - Vladislav Shubin, Aug 17 2023
From Peter Bala, Feb 03 2024: (Start)
The g.f. A(x) satisfies the following functional equations:
A(x) = 1 + x/(1 - 4*x) * A(-x/(1 - 4*x))^2,
A(x^2) = 1/(1 - 2*x) * A(- x/(1 - 2*x))^2 and, for arbitrary k,
1/(1 - k*x) * A(x/(1 - k*x))^2 = 1/(1 - (k+4)*x) * A(-x/(1 - (k+4)*x))^2. (End)
a(n) = A363448(n) + A363449(n). - Julien Rouyer, Jun 28 2024

A000931 Padovan sequence (or Padovan numbers): a(n) = a(n-2) + a(n-3) with a(0) = 1, a(1) = a(2) = 0.

Original entry on oeis.org

1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 12, 16, 21, 28, 37, 49, 65, 86, 114, 151, 200, 265, 351, 465, 616, 816, 1081, 1432, 1897, 2513, 3329, 4410, 5842, 7739, 10252, 13581, 17991, 23833, 31572, 41824, 55405, 73396, 97229, 128801, 170625
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Number of compositions of n into parts congruent to 2 mod 3 (offset -1). - Vladeta Jovovic, Feb 09 2005
a(n) is the number of compositions of n into parts that are odd and >= 3. Example: a(10)=3 counts 3+7, 5+5, 7+3. - David Callan, Jul 14 2006
Referred to as N0102 in R. K. Guy's "Anyone for Twopins?" - Rainer Rosenthal, Dec 05 2006
Zagier conjectures that a(n+3) is the maximum number of multiple zeta values of weight n > 1 which are linearly independent over the rationals. - Jonathan Sondow and Sergey Zlobin (sirg_zlobin(AT)mail.ru), Dec 20 2006
Starting with offset 6: (1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 4, 5, ...) = INVERT transform of A106510: (1, 1, -1, 0, 1, -1, 0, 1, -1, ...). - Gary W. Adamson, Oct 10 2008
Starting with offset 7, the sequence 1, 2, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 12, 16, 21, 28, ... is called the Fibonacci quilt sequence by Catral et al., in Fib. Q. 2017. - N. J. A. Sloane, Dec 24 2021
Triangle A145462: right border = A000931 starting with offset 6. Row sums = Padovan sequence starting with offset 7. - Gary W. Adamson, Oct 10 2008
Starting with offset 3 = row sums of triangle A146973 and INVERT transform of [1, -1, 2, -2, 3, -3, ...]. - Gary W. Adamson, Nov 03 2008
a(n+5) corresponds to the diagonal sums of "triangle": 1; 1; 1,1; 1,1; 1,2,1; 1,2,1; 1,3,3,1; 1,3,3,1; 1,4,6,4,1; ..., rows of Pascal's triangle (A007318) repeated. - Philippe Deléham, Dec 12 2008
With offset 3: (1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, ...) convolved with the tribonacci numbers prefaced with a "1": (1, 1, 1, 2, 4, 7, 13, ...) = the tribonacci numbers, A000073. (Cf. triangle A153462.) - Gary W. Adamson, Dec 27 2008
a(n) is also the number of strings of length (n-8) from an alphabet {A, B} with no more than one A or 2 B's consecutively. (E.g., n = 4: {ABAB,ABBA,BABA,BABB,BBAB} and a(4+8) = 5.) - Toby Gottfried, Mar 02 2010
p(n):=A000931(n+3), n >= 1, is the number of partitions of the numbers {1,2,3,...,n} into lists of length two or three containing neighboring numbers. The 'or' is inclusive. For n=0 one takes p(0)=1. For details see the W. Lang link. There the explicit formula for p(n) (analog of the Binet-de Moivre formula for Fibonacci numbers) is also given. Padovan sequences with different inputs are also considered there. - Wolfdieter Lang, Jun 15 2010
Equals the INVERTi transform of Fibonacci numbers prefaced with three 1's, i.e., (1 + x + x^2 + x^3 + x^4 + 2x^5 + 3x^6 + 5x^7 + 8x^8 + 13x^9 + ...). - Gary W. Adamson, Apr 01 2011
When run backwards gives (-1)^n*A050935(n).
a(n) is the top left entry of the n-th power of the 3 X 3 matrix [0, 0, 1; 1, 0, 1; 0, 1, 0] or of the 3 X 3 matrix [0, 1, 0; 0, 0, 1; 1, 1, 0]. - R. J. Mathar, Feb 03 2014
Figure 4 of Brauchart et al., 2014, shows a way to "visualize the Padovan sequence as cuboid spirals, where the dimensions of each cuboid made up by the previous ones are given by three consecutive numbers in the sequence". - N. J. A. Sloane, Mar 26 2014
a(n) is the number of closed walks from a vertex of a unidirectional triangle containing an opposing directed edge (arc) between the second and third vertices. Equivalently the (1,1) entry of A^n where the adjacency matrix of digraph is A=(0,1,0;0,0,1;1,1,0). - David Neil McGrath, Dec 19 2014
Number of compositions of n-3 (n >= 4) into 2's and 3's. Example: a(12)=5 because we have 333, 3222, 2322, 2232, and 2223. - Emeric Deutsch, Dec 28 2014
The Hoffman (2015) paper "offers significant evidence that the number of quantities needed to generate the weight-n multiple harmonic sums mod p is" a(n). - N. J. A. Sloane, Jun 24 2016
a(n) gives the number of compositions of n-5 into odd parts where the order of the 1's does not matter. For example, a(11)=4 counts the following compositions of 6: (5,1)=(1,5), (3,3), (3,1,1,1)=(1,3,1,1)=(1,1,3,1)=(1,1,1,3), (1,1,1,1,1,1). - Gregory L. Simay, Aug 04 2016
For n > 6, a(n) is the number of maximal matchings in the (n-5)-path graph, maximal independent vertex sets and minimal vertex covers in the (n-6)-path graph, and minimal edge covers in the (n-5)-pan graph and (n-3)-path graphs. - Eric W. Weisstein, Mar 30, Aug 03, and Aug 07 2017
From James Mitchell and Wilf A. Wilson, Jul 21 2017: (Start)
a(2n + 5) + 2n - 4, n > 2, is the number of maximal subsemigroups of the monoid of order-preserving mappings on a set with n elements.
a(n + 6) + n - 3, n > 3, is the number of maximal subsemigroups of the monoid of order-preserving or reversing mappings on a set with n elements.
(End)
Has the property that the largest of any four consecutive terms equals the sum of the two smallest. - N. J. A. Sloane, Aug 29 2017 [David Nacin points out that there are many sequences with this property, such as 1,1,1,2,1,1,1,2,1,1,1,2,... or 2,3,4,5,2,3,4,5,2,3,4,5,... or 2,2,1,3,3, 4,1,4, 5,5,1,6,6, 7,1,7, 8,8,1,9,9, 10,1,10, ... (spaces added for clarity), and a conjecture I made here in 2017 was simply wrong. I have deleted it. - N. J. A. Sloane, Oct 23 2018]
a(n) is also the number of maximal cliques in the (n+6)-path complement graph. - Eric W. Weisstein, Apr 12 2018
a(n+8) is the number of solus bitstrings of length n with no runs of 3 zeros. - Steven Finch, Mar 25 2020
Named after the architect Richard Padovan (b. 1935). - Amiram Eldar, Jun 08 2021
Shannon et al. (2006) credit a French architecture student Gérard Cordonnier with the discovery of these numbers.
For n >= 3, a(n) is the number of sequences of 0s and 1s of length (n-2) that begin with a 0, end with a 0, contain no two consecutive 0s, and contain no three consecutive 1s. - Yifan Xie, Oct 20 2022
For n >= 2, a(n+5) is the number of ways to tile the 1xn board with dominoes and squares (ie. size 1x1) such that are either none or one squares between dominoes, none or one squares at both ends of the board, and there is at least one domino. For example, for n=6, a(11)=4 since the tilings are |2|2, |22|, 2|2| and 222 (where 2 represents a domino and | a square). - Enrique Navarrete, Aug 31 2024

Examples

			G.f. = 1 + x^3 + x^5 + x^6 + x^7 + 2*x^8 + 2*x^9 + 3*x^10 + 4*x^11 + ...
		

References

  • A. T. Benjamin and J. J. Quinn, Proofs that really count: the art of combinatorial proof, M.A.A. 2003, p. 47, ex. 4.
  • Minerva Catral, Pari L. Ford, Pamela E. Harris, Steven J. Miller, Dawn Nelson, Zhao Pan, and Huanzhong Xu, Legal Decompositions Arising from Non-positive Linear Recurrences, Fib. Quart., 55:3 (2017), 252-275. [Note that there is an earlier version of this paper, with only five authors, on the arXiv in 2016. Note to editors: do not merge these two citations. - N. J. A. Sloane, Dec 24 2021]
  • Richard K. Guy, "Anyone for Twopins?" in D. A. Klarner, editor, The Mathematical Gardner. Prindle, Weber and Schmidt, Boston, 1981, pp. 10-11.
  • Silvia Heubach and Toufik Mansour, Combinatorics of Compositions and Words, CRC Press, 2010.
  • A. G. Shannon, P. G. Anderson and A. F. Horadam, Properties of Cordonnier, Perrin and Van der Laan numbers, International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, Volume 37:7 (2006), 825-831. See P_n.
  • 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).
  • Ian Stewart, L'univers des nombres, "La sculpture et les nombres", pp. 19-20, Belin-Pour La Science, Paris, 2000.
  • Hans van der Laan, Het plastische getal. XV lessen over de grondslagen van de architectonische ordonnantie. Leiden, E.J. Brill, 1967.
  • Don Zagier, Values of zeta functions and their applications, in First European Congress of Mathematics (Paris, 1992), Vol. II, A. Joseph et al. (eds.), Birkhäuser, Basel, 1994, pp. 497-512.

Crossrefs

The following are basically all variants of the same sequence: A000931, A078027, A096231, A124745, A133034, A134816, A164001, A182097, A228361 and probably A020720. However, each one has its own special features and deserves its own entry.
Closely related to A001608.
Doubling every term gives A291289.

Programs

  • GAP
    a:=[1,0,0];; for n in [4..50] do a[n]:=a[n-2]+a[n-3]; od; a; # G. C. Greubel, Dec 30 2019
    
  • Haskell
    a000931 n = a000931_list !! n
    a000931_list = 1 : 0 : 0 : zipWith (+) a000931_list (tail a000931_list)
    -- Reinhard Zumkeller, Feb 10 2011
    
  • Magma
    I:=[1,0,0]; [n le 3 select I[n] else Self(n-2) + Self(n-3): n in [1..60]]; // Vincenzo Librandi, Jul 21 2015
    
  • Maple
    A000931 := proc(n) option remember; if n = 0 then 1 elif n <= 2 then 0 else procname(n-2)+procname(n-3); fi; end;
    A000931:=-(1+z)/(-1+z^2+z^3); # Simon Plouffe in his 1992 dissertation; gives sequence without five leading terms
    a[0]:=1; a[1]:=0; a[2]:=0; for n from 3 to 50 do a[n]:=a[n-2]+a[n-3]; end do; # Francesco Daddi, Aug 04 2011
  • Mathematica
    CoefficientList[Series[(1-x^2)/(1-x^2-x^3), {x, 0, 50}], x]
    a[0]=1; a[1]=a[2]=0; a[n_]:= a[n]= a[n-2] + a[n-3]; Table[a[n], {n, 0, 50}] (* Robert G. Wilson v, May 04 2006 *)
    LinearRecurrence[{0,1,1}, {1,0,0}, 50] (* Harvey P. Dale, Jan 10 2012 *)
    Table[RootSum[-1 -# +#^3 &, 5#^n -6#^(n+1) +4#^(n+2) &]/23, {n,0,50}] (* Eric W. Weisstein, Nov 09 2017 *)
  • PARI
    Vec((1-x^2)/(1-x^2-x^3) + O(x^50)) \\ Charles R Greathouse IV, Feb 11 2011
    
  • PARI
    {a(n) = if( n<0, polcoeff(1/(1+x-x^3) + x * O(x^-n), -n), polcoeff( (1 - x^2)/(1-x^2-x^3) + x * O(x^n), n))}; /* Michael Somos, Sep 18 2012 */
    
  • Python
    def aupton(nn):
        alst = [1, 0, 0]
        for n in range(3, nn+1): alst.append(alst[n-2]+alst[n-3])
        return alst
    print(aupton(49)) # Michael S. Branicky, Mar 28 2022
  • Sage
    def A000931_list(prec):
        P. = PowerSeriesRing(ZZ, prec)
        return P( (1-x^2)/(1-x^2-x^3) ).list()
    A000931_list(50) # G. C. Greubel, Dec 30 2019
    

Formula

G.f.: (1-x^2)/(1-x^2-x^3).
a(n) is asymptotic to r^n / (2*r+3) where r = 1.3247179572447... = A060006, the real root of x^3 = x + 1. - Philippe Deléham, Jan 13 2004
a(n)^2 + a(n+2)^2 + a(n+6)^2 = a(n+1)^2 + a(n+3)^2 + a(n+4)^2 + a(n+5)^2 (Barniville, Question 16884, Ed. Times 1911).
a(n+5) = a(0) + a(1) + ... + a(n).
a(n) = central and lower right terms in the (n-3)-th power of the 3 X 3 matrix M = [0 1 0 / 0 0 1 / 1 1 0]. E.g., a(13) = 7. M^10 = [3 5 4 / 4 7 5 / 5 9 7]. - Gary W. Adamson, Feb 01 2004
G.f.: 1/(1 - x^3 - x^5 - x^7 - x^9 - ...). - Jon Perry, Jul 04 2004
a(n+4) = Sum_{k=0..floor((n-1)/2)} binomial(floor((n+k-2)/3), k). - Paul Barry, Jul 06 2004
a(n+3) = Sum_{k=0..floor(n/2)} binomial(k, n-2k). - Paul Barry, Sep 17 2004, corrected by Greg Dresden and Zi Ye, Jul 06 2021
a(n+3) is diagonal sum of A026729 (as a number triangle), with formula a(n+3) = Sum_{k=0..floor(n/2)} Sum_{i=0..n-k} (-1)^(n-k+i)*binomial(n-k, i)*binomial(i+k, i-k). - Paul Barry, Sep 23 2004
a(n) = a(n-1) + a(n-5) = A003520(n-4) + A003520(n-13) = A003520(n-3) - A003520(n-9). - Henry Bottomley, Jan 30 2005
a(n+3) = Sum_{k=0..floor(n/2)} binomial((n-k)/2, k)(1+(-1)^(n-k))/2. - Paul Barry, Sep 09 2005
The sequence 1/(1-x^2-x^3) (a(n+3)) is given by the diagonal sums of the Riordan array (1/(1-x^3), x/(1-x^3)). The row sums are A000930. - Paul Barry, Feb 25 2005
a(n) = A023434(n-7) + 1 for n >= 7. - David Callan, Jul 14 2006
a(n+5) corresponds to the diagonal sums of A030528. The binomial transform of a(n+5) is A052921. a(n+5) = Sum_{k=0..floor(n/2)} Sum_{k=0..n} (-1)^(n-k+i)*binomial(n-k, i)binomial(i+k+1, 2k+1). - Paul Barry, Jun 21 2004
r^(n-1) = (1/r)*a(n) + r*a(n+1) + a(n+2), where r = 1.32471... is the real root of x^3 - x - 1 = 0. Example: r^8 = (1/r)*a(9) + r*a(10) + a(11) = (1/r)*2 + r*3 + 4 = 9.483909... - Gary W. Adamson, Oct 22 2006
a(n) = (r^n)/(2r+3) + (s^n)/(2s+3) + (t^n)/(2t+3) where r, s, t are the three roots of x^3-x-1. - Keith Schneider (schneidk(AT)email.unc.edu), Sep 07 2007
a(n) = -k*a(n-1) + a(n-2) + (k+1)a(n-2) + k*a(n-4), n > 3, for any value of k. - Gary Detlefs, Sep 13 2010
From Francesco Daddi, Aug 04 2011: (Start)
a(0) + a(2) + a(4) + a(6) + ... + a(2*n) = a(2*n+3).
a(0) + a(3) + a(6) + a(9) + ... + a(3*n) = a(3*n+2)+1.
a(0) + a(5) + a(10) + a(15) + ... + a(5*n) = a(5*n+1)+1.
a(0) + a(7) + a(14) + a(21) + ... + a(7*n) = (a(7*n) + a(7*n+1) + 1)/2. (End)
a(n+3) = Sum_{k=0..floor((n+1)/2)} binomial((n+k)/3,k), where binomial((n+k)/3,k)=0 for noninteger (n+k)/3. - Nikita Gogin, Dec 07 2012
a(n) = A182097(n-3) for n > 2. - Jonathan Sondow, Mar 14 2014
a(n) = the k-th difference of a(n+5k) - a(n+5k-1), k>=1. For example, a(10)=3 => a(15)-a(14) => 2nd difference of a(20)-a(19) => 3rd difference of a(25)-a(24)... - Bob Selcoe, Mar 18 2014
Construct the power matrix T(n,j) = [A^*j]*[S^*(j-1)] where A=(0,0,1,0,1,0,1,...) and S=(0,1,0,0,...) or A063524. [* is convolution operation] Define S^*0=I with I=(1,0,0,...). Then a(n) = Sum_{j=1...n} T(n,j). - David Neil McGrath, Dec 19 2014
If x=a(n), y=a(n+1), z=a(n+2), then x^3 + 2*y*x^2 - z^2*x - 3*y*z*x + y^2*x + y^3 - y^2*z + z^3 = 1. - Alexander Samokrutov, Jul 20 2015
For the sequence shifted by 6 terms, a(n) = Sum_{k=ceiling(n/3)..ceiling(n/2)} binomial(k+1,3*k-n) [Doslic-Zubac]. - N. J. A. Sloane, Apr 23 2017
From Joseph M. Shunia, Jan 21 2020: (Start)
a(2n) = 2*a(n-1)*a(n) + a(n)^2 + a(n+1)^2, for n > 8.
a(2n-1) = 2*a(n)*a(n+1) + a(n-1)^2, for n > 8.
a(2n+1) = 2*a(n+1)*a(n+2) + a(n)^2, for n > 7. (End)
0*a(0) + 1*a(1) + 2*a(2) + ... + n*a(n) = n*a(n+5) - a(n+9) + 2. - Greg Dresden and Zi Ye, Jul 02 2021
From Greg Dresden and Zi Ye, Jul 06 2021: (Start)
2*a(n) = a(n+2) + a(n-5) for n >= 5.
3*a(n) = a(n+4) - a(n-9) for n >= 9.
4*a(n) = a(n+5) - a(n-9) for n >= 9. (End)

Extensions

Edited by Charles R Greathouse IV, Mar 17 2010
Deleted certain dangerous or potentially dangerous links. - N. J. A. Sloane, Jan 30 2021

A001792 a(n) = (n+2)*2^(n-1).

Original entry on oeis.org

1, 3, 8, 20, 48, 112, 256, 576, 1280, 2816, 6144, 13312, 28672, 61440, 131072, 278528, 589824, 1245184, 2621440, 5505024, 11534336, 24117248, 50331648, 104857600, 218103808, 452984832, 939524096, 1946157056, 4026531840, 8321499136, 17179869184, 35433480192
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Comments

Number of parts in all compositions (ordered partitions) of n + 1. For example, a(2) = 8 because in 3 = 2 + 1 = 1 + 2 = 1 + 1 + 1 we have 8 parts. Also number of compositions (ordered partitions) of 2n + 1 with exactly 1 odd part. For example, a(2) = 8 because the only compositions of 5 with exactly 1 odd part are 5 = 1 + 4 = 2 + 3 = 3 + 2 = 4 + 1 = 1 + 2 + 2 = 2 + 1 + 2 = 2 + 2 + 1. - Emeric Deutsch, May 10 2001
Binomial transform of natural numbers [1, 2, 3, 4, ...].
For n >= 1 a(n) is also the determinant of the n X n matrix with 3's on the diagonal and 1's elsewhere. - Ahmed Fares (ahmedfares(AT)my-deja.com), May 06 2001
The arithmetic mean of first n terms of the sequence is 2^(n-1). - Amarnath Murthy, Dec 25 2001, corrected by M. F. Hasler, Dec 17 2016
Also the number of "winning paths" of length n across an n X n Hex board. Satisfies the recursion a(n) = 2a(n-1) + 2^(n-2). - David Molnar (molnar(AT)stolaf.edu), Apr 10 2002
Diagonal in A053218. - Benoit Cloitre, May 08 2002
Let M_n be the n X n matrix m_(i, j) = 1 + abs(i-j) then det(M_n) = (-1)^(n-1)*a(n-1). - Benoit Cloitre, May 28 2002
Absolute value of determinant of n X n matrix of form: [1 2 3 4 5 / 2 1 2 3 4 / 3 2 1 2 3 / 4 3 2 1 2 / 5 4 3 2 1]. - Benoit Cloitre, Jun 20 2002
Number of ones in all (n+1)-bit integers (cf. A000120). - Ralf Stephan, Aug 02 2003
This sequence also emerges as a floretion force transform of powers of 2 (see program code). Define a(-1) = 0 (as the sequence is returned by FAMP). Then a(n-1) + A098156(n+1) = 2*a(n) (conjecture). - Creighton Dement, Mar 14 2005
This sequence gives the absolute value of the determinant of the Toeplitz matrix with first row containing the first n integers. - Paul Max Payton, May 23 2006
Equals sums of rows right of left edge of A102363 divided by three, + 2^K. - David G. Williams (davidwilliams(AT)paxway.com), Oct 08 2007
If X_1, X_2, ..., X_n are 2-blocks of a (2n+1)-set X then, for n >= 1, a(n) is the number of (n+1)-subsets of X intersecting each X_i, (i = 1, 2, ..., n). - Milan Janjic, Nov 18 2007
Also, a(n-1) is the determinant of the n X n matrix with A[i, j] = n - |i-j|. - M. F. Hasler, Dec 17 2008
1/2 the number of permutations of 1 .. (n+2) arranged in a circle with exactly one local maximum. - R. H. Hardin, Apr 19 2009
The first corrector line for transforming 2^n offset 0 with a leading 1 into the Fibonacci sequence. - Al Hakanson (hawkuu(AT)gmail.com), Jun 01 2009
a(n) is the number of runs of consecutive 1's in all binary sequences of length (n+1). - Geoffrey Critzer, Jul 02 2009
Let X_j (0 < j <= 2^n) all the subsets of N_n; m(i, j) := if {i} in X_j then 1 else 0. Let A = transpose(M).M; Then a(i, j) = (number of elements)|X_i intersect X_j|. Determinant(X*I-A) = (X-(n+1)*2^(n-2))*(X-2^(n-2))^(n-1)*X^(2^n-n).
Eigenvector for (n+1)*2^(n-2) is V_i=|X_i|.
Sum_{k=1..2^n} |X_i intersect X_k|*|X_k| = (n+1)*2^(n-2)*|X_i|.
Eigenvectors for 2^(n-2) are {line(M)[i] - line(M)[j], 1 <= i, j <= n}. - CLARISSE Philippe (clarissephilippe(AT)yahoo.fr), Mar 24 2010
The sequence b(n) = 2*A001792(n), for n >= 1 with b(0) = 1, is an elephant sequence, see A175655. For the central square four A[5] vectors, with decimal values 187, 190, 250 and 442, lead to the b(n) sequence. For the corner squares these vectors lead to the companion sequence A134401. - Johannes W. Meijer, Aug 15 2010
Equals partial sums of A045623: (1, 2, 5, 12, 28, ...); where A045623 = the convolution square of (1, 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, ...). - Gary W. Adamson, Oct 26 2010
Equals (1, 2, 4, 8, 16, ...) convolved with (1, 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, ...); e.g., a(3) = 20 = (1, 1, 2, 4) dot (8, 4, 2, 1) = (8 + 4 + 4 + 4). - Gary W. Adamson, Oct 26 2010
This sequence seems to give the first x+1 nonzero terms in the sequence derived by subtracting the m-th term in the x_binacci sequence (where the first term is one and the y-th term is the sum of x terms immediately preceding it) from 2^(m-2). - Dylan Hamilton, Nov 03 2010
Recursive formulas for a(n) are in many cases derivable from its property wherein delta^k(a(n)) - a(n) = k*2^n where delta^k(a(n)) represents the k-th forward difference of a(n). Provable with a difference table and a little induction. - Ethan Beihl, May 02 2011
Let f(n,k) be the sum of numbers in the subsets of size k of {1, 2, ..., n}. Then a(n-1) is the average of the numbers f(n, 0), ... f(n, n). Example: (f(3, 1), f(3, 2), f(3, 3)) = (6, 12, 6), with average (6+12+6)/3. - Clark Kimberling, Feb 24 2012
a(n) is the number of length-2n binary sequences that contain a subsequence of ones with length n or more. To derive this result, note that there are 2^n sequences where the initial one of the subsequence occurs at entry one. If the initial one of the subsequence occurs at entry 2, 3, ..., or n + 1, there are 2^(n-1) sequences since a zero must precede the initial one. Hence a(n) = 2^n + n*2^(n-1)=(n+2)2^(n-1). An example is given in the example section below. - Dennis P. Walsh, Oct 25 2012
As the total number of parts in all compositions of n+1 (see the first line in Comments) the equivalent sequence for partitions is A006128. On the other hand, as the first differences of A001787 (see the first line in Crossrefs) the equivalent sequence for partitions is A138879. - Omar E. Pol, Aug 28 2013
a(n) is the number of spanning trees of the complete tripartite graph K_{n,1,1}. - James Mahoney, Oct 24 2013
a(n-1) = denominator of the mean (2n/(n+1), after reduction), of the compositions of n; numerator is given by A022998(n). - Clark Kimberling, Mar 11 2014
From Tom Copeland, Nov 09 2014: (Start)
The shifted array belongs to an interpolated family of arrays associated to the Catalan A000108 (t=1), and Riordan, or Motzkin sums A005043 (t=0), with the interpolating o.g.f. (1-sqrt(1-4x/(1+(1-t)x)))/2 and inverse x(1-x)/(1+(t-1)x(1-x)). See A091867 for more info on this family. Here the interpolation is t=-3 (mod signs in the results).
Let C(x) = (1 - sqrt(1-4x))/2, an o.g.f. for the Catalan numbers A000108, with inverse Cinv(x) = x*(1-x) and P(x,t) = x/(1+t*x) with inverse P(x,-t).
Shifted o.g.f: G(x) = x*(1-x)/(1 - 4x*(1-x)) = P[Cinv(x),-4].
Inverse o.g.f: Ginv(x) = [1 - sqrt(1 - 4*x/(1+4x))]/2 = C[P(x, 4)] (signed shifted A001700). Cf. A030528. (End)
For n > 0, element a(n) of the sequence is equal to the gradients of the (n-1)-th row of Pascal triangle multiplied with the square of the integers from n+1,...,1. I.e., row 3 of Pascal's triangle 1,3,3,1 has gradients 1,2,0,-2,-1, so a(4) = 1*(5^2) + 2*(4^2) + 0*(3^2) - 2*(2^2) - 1*(1^2) = 48. - Jens Martin Carlsson, May 18 2017
Number of self-avoiding paths connecting all the vertices of a convex (n+2)-gon. - Ivaylo Kortezov, Jan 19 2020
a(n-1) is the total number of elements of subsets of {1,2,..,n} that contain n. For example, for n = 3, a(2) = 8, and the subsets of {1,2,3} that contain 3 are {3}, {1,3}, {2,3}, {1,2,3}, with a total of 8 elements. - Enrique Navarrete, Aug 01 2020

Examples

			a(0) = 1, a(1) = 2*1 + 1 = 3, a(2) = 2*3 + 2 = 8, a(3) = 2*8 + 4 = 20, a(4) = 2*20 + 8 = 48, a(5) = 2*48 + 16 = 112, a(6) = 2*112 + 32 = 256, ... - _Philippe Deléham_, Apr 19 2009
a(2) = 8 since there are 8 length-4 binary sequences with a subsequence of ones of length 2 or more, namely, 1111, 1110, 1101, 1011, 0111, 1100, 0110, and 0011. - _Dennis P. Walsh_, Oct 25 2012
G.f. = 1 + 3*x + 8*x^2 + 20*x^3 + 48*x^4 + 112*x^5 + 256*x^6 + 576*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. 795.
  • 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).
  • A. M. Stepin and A. T. Tagi-Zade, Words with restrictions, pp. 67-74 of Kvant Selecta: Combinatorics I, Amer. Math. Soc., 2001 (G_n on p. 70).

Crossrefs

First differences of A001787.
a(n) = A049600(n, 1), a(n) = A030523(n + 1, 1).
Cf. A053113.
Row sums of triangles A008949 and A055248.
a(n) = -A039991(n+2, 2).
If the exponent E in a(n) = Sum_{m=0..n} (Sum_{k=0..m} C(n,k))^E is 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 we get A001792, A003583, A007403, A294435, A294436 respectively.

Programs

  • GAP
    List([0..35],n->(n+2)*2^(n-1)); # Muniru A Asiru, Sep 25 2018
    
  • Haskell
    a001792 n = a001792_list !! n
    a001792_list = scanl1 (+) a045623_list
    -- Reinhard Zumkeller, Jul 21 2013
    
  • Magma
    [(n+2)*2^(n-1): n in [0..40]]; // Vincenzo Librandi, Nov 10 2014
    
  • Maple
    A001792 := n-> (n+2)*2^(n-1);
    spec := [S, {B=Set(Z, 0 <= card), S=Prod(Z, B, B)}, labeled]: seq(combstruct[count](spec, size=n)/4, n=2..30); # Zerinvary Lajos, Oct 09 2006
    A001792:=-(-3+4*z)/(2*z-1)^2; # Simon Plouffe in his 1992 dissertation, which gives the sequence without the initial 1
    G(x):=1/exp(2*x)*(1-x): f[0]:=G(x): for n from 1 to 54 do f[n]:=diff(f[n-1],x) od: x:=0: seq(abs(f[n]),n=0..28 ); # Zerinvary Lajos, Apr 17 2009
    a := n -> hypergeom([-n, 2], [1], -1);
    seq(round(evalf(a(n),32)), n=0..31); # Peter Luschny, Aug 02 2014
  • Mathematica
    matrix[n_Integer /; n >= 1] := Table[Abs[p - q] + 1, {q, n}, {p, n}]; a[n_Integer /; n >= 1] := Abs[Det[matrix[n]]] (* Josh Locker (joshlocker(AT)macfora.com), Apr 29 2004 *)
    g[n_,m_,r_] := Binomial[n - 1, r - 1] Binomial[m + 1, r] r; Table[1 + Sum[g[n, k - n, r], {r, 1, k}, {n, 1, k - 1}], {k, 1, 29}] (* Geoffrey Critzer, Jul 02 2009 *)
    a[n_] := (n + 2)*2^(n - 1); a[Range[0, 40]] (* Vladimir Joseph Stephan Orlovsky, Feb 09 2011 *)
    LinearRecurrence[{4, -4}, {1, 3}, 40] (* Harvey P. Dale, Aug 29 2011 *)
    CoefficientList[Series[(1 - x) / (1 - 2 x)^2, {x, 0, 40}], x] (* Vincenzo Librandi, Nov 10 2014 *)
    b[i_]:=i; a[n_]:=Abs[Det[ToeplitzMatrix[Array[b, n], Array[b, n]]]]; Array[a, 40] (* Stefano Spezia, Sep 25 2018 *)
    a[n_]:=Hypergeometric2F1[2,-n+1,1,-1];Array[a,32] (* Giorgos Kalogeropoulos, Jan 04 2022 *)
  • PARI
    A001792(n)=(n+2)<<(n-1) \\ M. F. Hasler, Dec 17 2008
    
  • Python
    for n in range(0,40): print(int((n+2)*2**(n-1)), end=' ') # Stefano Spezia, Oct 16 2018

Formula

a(n) = (n+2)*2^(n-1).
G.f.: (1 - x)/(1 - 2*x)^2 = 2F1(1,3;2;2x).
a(n) = 4*a(n-1) - 4*a(n-2).
G.f. (-1 + (1-2*x)^(-2))/(x*2^2). - Wolfdieter Lang
a(n) = A018804(2^n). - Matthew Vandermast, Mar 01 2003
a(n) = Sum_{k=0..n+2} binomial(n+2, 2k)*k. - Paul Barry, Mar 06 2003
a(n) = (1/4)*A001787(n+2). - Emeric Deutsch, May 24 2003
With a leading 0, this is ((n+1)2^n - 0^n)/4 = Sum_{m=0..n} binomial(n - 1, m - 1)*m, the binomial transform of A004526(n+1). - Paul Barry, Jun 05 2003
a(n) = Sum_{k=0..n} binomial(n, k)*(k + 1). - Lekraj Beedassy, Jun 24 2004
a(n) = A000244(n) - A066810(n). - Ross La Haye, Apr 29 2006
Row sums of triangle A130585. - Gary W. Adamson, Jun 06 2007
Equals A125092 * [1/1, 1/2, 1/3, ...]. - Gary W. Adamson, Nov 16 2007
a(n) = (n+1)*2^n - n*2^(n-1). Equals A128064 * A000079. - Gary W. Adamson, Dec 28 2007
G.f.: F(3, 1; 2; 2x). - Paul Barry, Sep 03 2008
a(n) = 1 + Sum_{k=1..n} (n - k + 4)2^(n - k - 1). This follows from the result that the number of parts equal to k in all compositions of n is (n - k + 3)2^(n - k - 2) for 0 < k < n. - Geoffrey Critzer, Sep 21 2008
a(n) = 2^(n-1) + 2 a(n-1) ; a(n-1) = det(n - |i - j|){i, j = 1..n}. - _M. F. Hasler, Dec 17 2008
a(n) = 2*a(n-1) + 2^(n-1). - Philippe Deléham, Apr 19 2009
a(n) = A164910(2^n). - Gary W. Adamson, Aug 30 2009
a(n) = Sum_{i=1..2^n} gcd(i, 2^n) = A018804(2^n). So we have: 2^0 * phi(2^n) + ... + 2^n * phi(2^0) = (n + 2)*2^(n-1), where phi is the Euler totient function. - Jeffrey R. Goodwin, Nov 11 2011
a(n) = Sum_{j=0..n} Sum_{i=0..n} binomial(n, i + j). - Yalcin Aktar, Jan 17 2012
Eigensequence of an infinite lower triangular matrix with 2^n as the left border and the rest 1's. - Gary W. Adamson, Jan 30 2012
G.f.: 1 + 2*x*U(0) where U(k) = 1 + (k + 1)/(2 - 8*x/(4*x + (k + 1)/U(k + 1))); (continued fraction, 3 - step). - Sergei N. Gladkovskii, Oct 19 2012
a(n) = Sum_{k=0..n} Sum_{j=0..k} binomial(n,j). - Peter Luschny, Dec 03 2013
a(n) = Hyper2F1([-n, 2], [1], -1). - Peter Luschny, Aug 02 2014
G.f.: 1 / (1 - 3*x / (1 + x / (3 - 4*x))). - Michael Somos, Aug 26 2015
a(n) = -A053120(2+n, n), n >= 0, the negative of the third (sub)diagonal of the triangle of Chebyshev's T polynomials. - Wolfdieter Lang, Nov 26 2019
From Amiram Eldar, Jan 12 2021: (Start)
Sum_{n>=0} 1/a(n) = 8*log(2) - 4.
Sum_{n>=0} (-1)^n/a(n) = 4 - 8*log(3/2). (End)
E.g.f.: exp(2*x)*(1 + x). - Stefano Spezia, Jun 11 2021

A033184 Catalan triangle A009766 transposed.

Original entry on oeis.org

1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 1, 5, 5, 3, 1, 14, 14, 9, 4, 1, 42, 42, 28, 14, 5, 1, 132, 132, 90, 48, 20, 6, 1, 429, 429, 297, 165, 75, 27, 7, 1, 1430, 1430, 1001, 572, 275, 110, 35, 8, 1, 4862, 4862, 3432, 2002, 1001, 429, 154, 44, 9, 1
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Triangle read by rows: T(n,k) = number of Dyck n-paths (A000108) containing k returns to ground level. E.g., the paths UDUUDD, UUDDUD each have 2 returns; so T(3,2)=2. Row sums over even-indexed columns are the Fine numbers A000957. - David Callan, Jul 25 2005
Triangular array of numbers a(n,k) = number of linear forests of k planted planar trees and n non-root nodes.
Catalan convolution triangle; with offset [0,0]: a(n,m)=(m+1)*binomial(2*n-m,n-m)/(n+1), n >= m >= 0, else 0. G.f. for column m: c(x)*(x*c(x))^m with c(x) g.f. for A000108 (Catalan). - Wolfdieter Lang, Sep 12 2001
a(n+1,m+1), n >= m >= 0, a(n,m) := 0, nA030528(n,m)*(-1)^(n-m).
a(n,k)=number of Dyck paths of semilength n and having k returns to the axis. Also number of Dyck paths of semilength n and having first peak at height k. Also number of ordered trees with n edges and root degree k. Also number of ordered trees with n edges and having the leftmost leaf at level k. Also number of parallelogram polyominoes of semiperimeter n+1 and having k cells in the leftmost column. - Emeric Deutsch, Mar 01 2004
Triangle T(n,k) with 1<=k<=n given by [0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, ...] DELTA [1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, ...] = 1; 0, 1; 0, 1, 1; 0, 2, 2, 1; 0, 5, 5, 3, 1; 0, 14, 14, 9, 4, 1; ... where DELTA is the operator defined in A084938; essentially the same triangle as A059365. - Philippe Deléham, Jun 14 2004
Number of Dyck paths of semilength and having k-1 peaks at height 2. - Emeric Deutsch, Aug 31 2004
Riordan array (c(x),x*c(x)), c(x) the g.f. of A000108. Inverse of Riordan array (1-x,x*(1-x)). - Paul Barry, Jun 22 2005
Subtriangle of triangle A106566. - Philippe Deléham, Jan 07 2007
T(n, k) is also the number of order-preserving and order-decreasing full transformations (of an n-chain) with exactly k fixed points. - Abdullahi Umar, Oct 02 2008
Triangle read by rows, product of A065600 and A007318 considered as infinite lower triangular arrays; A033184 = A065600*A007318. - Philippe Deléham, Dec 07 2009
The formula stating "Column k is the k-fold convolution of column 1" is equivalent to repeatedly applying M to [1,0,0,0,...], where M is an upper triangular matrix of all 1's with an additional single subdiagonal of 1's. - Gary W. Adamson, Jun 06 2011
4^(n-1) = (n-th row terms) dot (first n terms in A001792), where A001792 = binomial transform of the natural numbers: (1, 3, 8, 20, 48, 112, ...). Example: 4^4 = 256 = (14, 14, 9, 4, 1) dot (1, 3, 8, 20, 48) = (42 + 42 + 28 + 14 + 5 + 1) = 256. - Gary W. Adamson, Jun 17 2011
The e.g.f. for the n-th subdiagonal of the triangle has the form exp(x)*P(n,x), where P(n,x) is the e.g.f. for row n of triangle A039599. For example, the third row of A039599 is [5, 9, 5, 1] and so the third subdiagonal sequence of this triangle [5, 14, 28, 48, 75, ...] has the e.g.f. exp(x)*(5 + 9*x + 5*x^2/2! + x^3/3!). - Peter Bala, Oct 15 2019
Antidiagonals of convolution matrix of Table 1.3, p. 397, of Hoggatt and Bicknell. - Tom Copeland, Dec 25 2019
Also the convolution triangle of A120588(n) = A000108(n-1) for n > 0. - Peter Luschny, Oct 07 2022

Examples

			Triangle begins:
  ---+-----------------------------------
  n\k|   1    2    3    4    5    6    7
  ---+-----------------------------------
   1 |   1
   2 |   1    1
   3 |   2    2    1
   4 |   5    5    3    1
   5 |  14   14    9    4    1
   6 |  42   42   28   14    5    1
   7 | 132  132   90   48   20    6    1
From _Peter Bala_, Feb 17 2025: (Start)
The array factorizes as an infinite product (read from right to left) of triangular arrays:
  / 1               \        / 1              \ / 1              \ / 1             \
  | 1    1           |       | 0   1          | | 0  1           | | 1  1          |
  | 2    2   1       | = ... | 0   0   1      | | 0  1   1       | | 1  1  1       |
  | 5    5   3   1   |       | 0   0   1  1   | | 0  1   1  1    | | 1  1  1  1    |
  |14   14   9   4  1|       | 0   0   1  1  1| | 0  1   1  1  1 | | 1  1  1  1  1 |
  |...               |       |...             | |...             | |...            |
See Bala, Example 2.1. (End)
		

Crossrefs

Rows of Catalan triangle A009766 read backwards.
a(n, 1) = A000108(n-1). Row sums = A000108(n) (Catalan).
The following are all versions of (essentially) the same Catalan triangle: A009766, A030237, A033184, A059365, A099039, A106566, A130020, A047072.
Cf. A116364 (row squared sums), A120588.

Programs

  • Haskell
    a033184 n k = a033184_tabl !! (n-1) !! (k-1)
    a033184_row n = a033184_tabl !! (n-1)
    a033184_tabl = map reverse a009766_tabl
    -- Reinhard Zumkeller, Feb 19 2014
    
  • Magma
    /* As triangle: */ [[Binomial(2*n-k,n)*k/(2*n-k): k in [1..n]]: n in [1.. 15]]; // Vincenzo Librandi, Oct 12 2015
  • Maple
    a := proc(n,k) if k<=n then k*binomial(2*n-k,n)/(2*n-k) else 0 fi end: seq(seq(a(n,k),k=1..n),n=1..10);
    # Uses function PMatrix from A357368. Adds row and column for n, k = 0.
    PMatrix(10, n -> binomial(2*(n-1), n-1) / n); # Peter Luschny, Oct 07 2022
  • Mathematica
    nn = 10; c = (1 - (1 - 4 x)^(1/2))/(2 x); f[list_] := Select[list, # > 0 &]; Map[f, Drop[CoefficientList[Series[y x c/(1 - y x c), {x, 0, nn}], {x, y}],1]] //Flatten (* Geoffrey Critzer, Jan 31 2012 *)
    Flatten[Reverse /@ NestList[Append[Accumulate[#], Last[Accumulate[#]]] &, {1}, 9]] (* Birkas Gyorgy, May 19 2012 *)
    T[1, 1] := 1; T[n_, k_]/;1<=k<=n := T[n, k] = T[n-1, k-1]+T[n, k+1]; T[n_, k_] := 0; Flatten@Table[T[n, k], {n, 1, 10}, {k, 1, n}] (* Oliver Seipel, Dec 31 2024 *)
  • PARI
    T(n,k)=binomial(2*(n-k)+k,n-k)*(k+1)/(n+1) \\ Paul D. Hanna, Aug 11 2008
    
  • Sage
    # The simplest way to construct the triangle.
    def A033184_triangle(n) :
        T = [0 for i in (0..n)]
        for k in (1..n) :
            T[k] = 1
            for i in range(k-1,0,-1) :
                T[i] = T[i-1] + T[i+1]
            print([T[i] for i in (1..k)])
    A033184_triangle(10) # Peter Luschny, Jan 27 2012
    

Formula

Column k is the k-fold convolution of column 1. The triangle is also defined recursively by (i) entries outside triangle are 0, (ii) top left entry is 1, (iii) every other entry is sum of its east and northwest neighbor. - David Callan, Jul 25 2005
G.f.: t*x*c/(1-t*x*c), where c=(1-sqrt(1-4*x))/(2*x) is the g.f. of the Catalan numbers (A000108). - Emeric Deutsch, Mar 01 2004
T(n+1,k+1) = C(2*n-k, n-k)*(k+1)/(n+1). - Paul D. Hanna, Aug 11 2008
T((m+1)*n+r-1,m*n+r-1)*r/(m*n+r) = Sum_{k=1..n} (k/n)*T((m+1)*n-k-1,m*n-1)*T(r+k,r), n >= m > 1. - Vladimir Kruchinin, Mar 17 2011
T(n-1,m-1) = (m/n)*Sum_{k=1..n-m+1} (k*A000108(k-1)*T(n-k-1,m-2)), n >= m > 1. - Vladimir Kruchinin, Mar 17 2011
T(n,k) = C(2*n-k-1,n-k) - C(2*n-k-1,n-k-1). - Dennis P. Walsh, Mar 19 2012
T(n,k) = C(2*n-k,n)*k/(2*n-k). - Dennis P. Walsh, Mar 19 2012
T(n,k) = T(n,k-1) - T(n-1,k-2). - Dennis P. Walsh, Mar 19 2012
G.f.: 2*x*y / (1 + sqrt(1 - 4*x) - 2*x*y) = Sum_{n >= k > 0} T(n, k) * x^n * y^k. - Michael Somos, Jun 06 2016

A011973 Irregular triangle read by rows: T(n,k) = binomial(n-k, k), n >= 0, 0 <= k <= floor(n/2); or, coefficients of (one version of) Fibonacci polynomials.

Original entry on oeis.org

1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 3, 1, 1, 4, 3, 1, 5, 6, 1, 1, 6, 10, 4, 1, 7, 15, 10, 1, 1, 8, 21, 20, 5, 1, 9, 28, 35, 15, 1, 1, 10, 36, 56, 35, 6, 1, 11, 45, 84, 70, 21, 1, 1, 12, 55, 120, 126, 56, 7, 1, 13, 66, 165, 210, 126, 28, 1, 1, 14, 78, 220, 330, 252, 84, 8, 1, 15, 91, 286, 495, 462
Offset: 0

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T(n,k) is the number of subsets of {1,2,...,n-1} of size k and containing no consecutive integers. Example: T(6,2)=6 because the subsets of size 2 of {1,2,3,4,5} with no consecutive integers are {1,3},{1,4},{1,5},{2,4},{2,5} and {3,5}. Equivalently, T(n,k) is the number of k-matchings of the path graph P_n. - Emeric Deutsch, Dec 10 2003
T(n,k) = number of compositions of n+2 into k+1 parts, all >= 2. Example: T(6,2)=6 because we have (2,2,4),(2,4,2),(4,2,2),(2,3,3),(3,2,3) and (3,3,2). - Emeric Deutsch, Apr 09 2005
Given any recurrence sequence S(k) = x*a(k-1) + a(k-2), starting (1, x, x^2+1, ...); the (k+1)-th term of the series = f(x) in the k-th degree polynomial: (1, (x), (x^2 + 1), (x^3 + 2x), (x^4 + 3x^2 + 1), (x^5 + 4x^3 + 3x), (x^6 + 5x^4 + 6x^2 + 1), ...). Example: let x = 2, then S(k) = 1, 2, 5, 12, 29, 70, 169, ... such that A000129(7) = 169 = f(x), x^6 + 5x^4 + 6x^2 + 1 = (64 + 80 + 24 + 1). - Gary W. Adamson, Apr 16 2008
Row k gives the nonzero coefficients of U(k,x/2) where U is the Chebyshev polynomial of the second kind. For example, row 6 is 1,5,6,1 and U(6,x/2) = x^6 - 5x^4 + 6x^2 - 1. - David Callan, Jul 22 2008
T(n,k) is the number of nodes at level k in the Fibonacci tree f(k-1). The Fibonacci trees f(k) of order k are defined as follows: 1. f(-1) and f(0) each consist of a single node. 2. For k >= 1, to the root of f(k-1), taken as the root of f(k), we attach with a rightmost edge the tree f(k-2). See the Iyer and Reddy references. These trees are not the same as the Fibonacci trees in A180566. Example: T(3,0)=1 and T(3,1)=2 because in f(2) = /\ we have 1 node at level 0 and 2 nodes at level 1. - Emeric Deutsch, Jun 21 2011
Triangle, with zeros omitted, given by (1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, ...) DELTA (0, 1, -1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, ...) where DELTA is the operator defined in A084938. - Philippe Deléham, Dec 12 2011
Riordan array (1/(1-x),x^2/(1-x). - Philippe Deléham, Dec 12 2011
This sequence is the elements on the rising diagonals of the Pascal triangle, where the sum of the elements in each rising diagonal represents a Fibonacci number. - Mohammad K. Azarian, Mar 08 2012
If we set F(0;x) = 0, F(1;x) = 1, F(n+1;x) = x*F(n;x) + F(n-1;x), then we obtain the sequence of Vieta-Fibonacci polynomials discussed by Gary W. Adamson above. We note that F(n;x) = (-i)^n * U(n;i*x/2), where U denotes the respective Chebyshev polynomial of the second kind (see David Callan's remark above). Let us fix a,b,f(0),f(1) in C, b is not the zero, and set f(n) = a*f(n-1) + b*f(n-2). Then we deduce the relation: f(n) = b^((n-1)/2) * F(n;a/sqrt(b))*f(1) + b^(n/2) * F(n-1;a/sqrt(b))*f(0), where for a given value of the complex root sqrt(b) we set b^(n/2) = (sqrt(b))^n. Moreover, if b=1 then we get f(n+k) + (-1)^k * f(n-k) = L(k;a)*f(n), for every k=0,1,...,n, and where L(0;a)=2, L(1;a)=a, L(n+1;a)=a*L(n;a) + L(n-1;a) are the Vieta-Lucas polynomials. Let us observe that L(n+2;a) = F(n+2;a) + F(n;a), L(m+n;a) = L(m;a)*F(n;a) + L(m-1;a)*F(n-1;a), which implies also L(n+1;a) = a*F(n;a) + 2*F(n-1;a). Further we have L(n;a) = 2*(-i)^n * T(n;i*x/2), where T(n;x) denotes the n-th Chebyshev polynomial of the first kind. For the proofs, other relations and facts - see Witula-Slota's papers. - Roman Witula, Oct 12 2012
The diagonal sums of this triangle are A000930. - John Molokach, Jul 04 2013
Aside from signs and index shift, the coefficients of the characteristic polynomial of the Coxeter adjacency matrix for the Coxeter group A_n related to the Chebyshev polynomial of the second kind (cf. Damianou link p. 19). - Tom Copeland, Oct 11 2014
For a mirrored, shifted version showing the relation of these coefficients to the Pascal triangle, Fibonacci, and other number triangles, see A030528. See also A053122 for a relation to Cartan matrices. - Tom Copeland, Nov 04 2014
For a relation to a formulation for a universal Lie Weyl algebra for su(1,1), see page 16 of Durov et al. - Tom Copeland, Nov 29 2014
A reversed, signed and aerated version is given by A049310, related to Chebyshev polynomials. - Tom Copeland, Dec 06 2015
For n >= 3, the n-th row gives the coefficients of the independence polynomial of the (n-2)-path graph P_{n-2}. - Eric W. Weisstein, Apr 07 2017
For n >= 2, the n-th row gives the coefficients of the matching-generating polynomial of the (n-1)-path graph P_{n-1}. - Eric W. Weisstein, Apr 10 2017
Antidiagonals of the Pascal matrix A007318 read bottom to top. These are also the antidiagonals read from top to bottom of the numerical coefficients of the Maurer-Cartan form matrix of the Leibniz group L^(n)(1,1) presented on p. 9 of the Olver paper), which is generated as exp[c. * M] with (c.)^n = c_n and M the Lie infinitesimal generator A218272. Reverse is A102426. - Tom Copeland, Jul 02 2018
T(n,k) is the number of Markov equivalence classes with skeleton the path on n+1 nodes having exactly k immoralities. See Theorem 2.1 in the article by A. Radhakrishnan et al. below. - Liam Solus, Aug 23 2018
T(n, k) = number of compositions of n+1 into n+1-2*k odd parts. For example, T(6,2) = 6 because 7 = 5+1+1 = 3+3+1 = 3+1+3 = 1+1+5 = 1+3+3 = 1+1+5. - Michael Somos, Sep 19 2019
From Gary W. Adamson, Apr 25 2022: (Start)
Alternate rows can be parsed into those with odd integer coefficients to the right of the leftmost 1, and those with even integer coefficients to the right of the leftmost 1. The first set is shown in A054142 and are characteristic polynomials of submatrices of an infinite tridiagonal matrix (A332602) with all -1's in the super and subdiagonals and (1,2,2,2,...) as the main diagonal. For example, the characteristic equation of the 3 X 3 submatrix (1,-1,0; -1,2,-1; 0,-1,2) is x^3 - 5x^2 + 6x - 1. The roots are the Beraha constants B(7,1) = 3.24697...; B(7,2) = 1.55495...; and B(7,3) = 0.198062.... For n X n matrices of this form, the largest eigenvalue is B(2n+1, 1). The 3 X 3 matrix has an eigenvalue of 3.24697... = B(7,1).
Polynomials with even integer coefficients to the right of the leftmost 1 are in A053123 with roots being the even-indexed Beraha constants. The generating Cartan matrices are those with (2,2,2,...) as the main diagonal and -1's as the sub- and superdiagonals. The largest eigenvalue of n X n matrices of this form are B(2n+2,1). For example, the largest eigenvalue of (2,-1,0; -1,2,-1; 0,-1,2) is 3.414... = B(8,1) = a root to x^3 - 6x^2 + 10x - 4. (End)
T(n,k) is the number of edge covers of P_(n+2) with (n-k) edges. For example, T(6,2)=6 because among edges 1, 2, ..., 7 of P_8, we can eliminate any two non-consecutive edges among 2-6. These numbers can be found using the recurrence relation for the edge cover polynomial of P_n, which is E(P_n,x) = xE(P_(n-1),x)+xE(P_(n-2),x) and E(P_1,x)=0, E(P_2,x)=x (ref. Akbari and Oboudi). - Feryal Alayont, Jun 03 2022
T(n,k) is the number of ways to tile an n-board (an n X 1 array of 1 X 1 cells) using k dominoes and n-2*k squares. - Michael A. Allen, Dec 28 2022
T(n,k) is the number of positive integer sequences (s(1),s(2),...,s(n-2k)) such that s(i) < s(i+1), s(1) is odd, s(n-2k) <= n, and s(i) and s(i+1) have opposite parity (ref. Donnelly, Dunkum, and McCoy). Example: T(6,0)=1 corresponds to 123456; T(6,1)=5 corresponds to 1234, 1236, 1256, 1456, 3456; T(6,2)=6 corresponds to 12, 14, 16, 34, 36; and T(6,3)=1 corresponds to the empty sequence () with length 0. - Molly W. Dunkum, Jun 27 2023

Examples

			The first few Fibonacci polynomials (defined here by F(0,x) = 0, F(1,x) = 1; F(n+1, x) = F(n, x) + x*F(n-1, x)) are:
0: 0
1: 1
2: 1
3: 1 + x
4: 1 + 2*x
5: 1 + 3*x + x^2
6: (1 + x)*(1 + 3*x)
7: 1 + 5*x + 6*x^2 + x^3
8: (1 + 2*x)*(1 + 4*x + 2*x^2)
9: (1 + x)*(1 + 6*x + 9*x^2 + x^3)
10: (1 + 3*x + x^2 )*(1 + 5*x + 5*x^2)
11: 1 + 9*x + 28*x^2 + 35*x^3 + 15*x^4 + x^5
From _Roger L. Bagula_, Feb 20 2009: (Start)
  1
  1
  1   1
  1   2
  1   3   1
  1   4   3
  1   5   6   1
  1   6  10   4
  1   7  15  10   1
  1   8  21  20   5
  1   9  28  35  15   1
  1  10  36  56  35   6
  1  11  45  84  70  21   1
  1  12  55 120 126  56   7 (End)
For n=9 and k=4, T(9,4) = C(5,4) = 5 since there are exactly five size-4 subsets of {1,2,...,8} that contain no consecutive integers, namely, {1,3,5,7}, {1,3,5,8}, {1,3,6,8}, {1,4,6,8}, and {2,4,6,8}. - _Dennis P. Walsh_, Mar 31 2011
When the rows of the triangle are displayed as centered text, the falling diagonal sums are A005314. The first few terms are row1 = 1 = 1; row2 = 1+1 = 2; row3 = 2+1 = 3; row4 = 1+3+1 = 5; row5 = 1+3+4+1 = 9; row6 = 4+6+5+1 = 16; row7 = 1+10+10+6+1 = 28; row8 = 1+5+20+15+7+1 = 49; row9 = 6+15+35+21+8+1 = 86; row10 = 1+21+35+56+28+9+1 = 151. - _John Molokach_, Jul 08 2013
In the example, you can see that the n-th row of Pascal's triangle is given by T(n, 0), T(n+1, 1), ..., T(2n-1, n-1), T(2n, n). - _Daniel Forgues_, Jul 07 2018
		

References

  • A. T. Benjamin and J. J. Quinn, Proofs that really count: the art of combinatorial proof, M.A.A. 2003, p. 141ff.
  • C. D. Godsil, Algebraic Combinatorics, Chapman and Hall, New York, 1993.
  • I. Kaplansky and J. Riordan, The problème des ménages, Scripta Math. 12, (1946), 113-124. See p. 117.
  • J. Riordan, An Introduction to Combinatorial Analysis, Wiley, 1958, pp. 182-183.

Crossrefs

Row sums = A000045(n+1) (Fibonacci numbers). - Michael Somos, Apr 02 1999
All of A011973, A092865, A098925, A102426, A169803 describe essentially the same triangle in different ways.

Programs

  • Haskell
    a011973 n k = a011973_tabf !! n !! k
    a011973_row n = a011973_tabf !! n
    a011973_tabf = zipWith (zipWith a007318) a025581_tabl a055087_tabf
    -- Reinhard Zumkeller, Jul 14 2015
  • Maple
    a := proc(n) local k; [ seq(binomial(n-k,k),k=0..floor(n/2)) ]; end;
    T := proc(n, k): if k<0 or k>floor(n/2) then return(0) fi: binomial(n-k, k) end: seq(seq(T(n,k), k=0..floor(n/2)), n=0..15); # Johannes W. Meijer, Aug 26 2013
  • Mathematica
    (* first: sum method *) Table[CoefficientList[Sum[Binomial[n - m + 1, m]*x^m, {m, 0, Floor[(n + 1)/2]}], x], {n, 0, 12}] (* Roger L. Bagula, Feb 20 2009 *)
    (* second: polynomial recursion method *) Clear[L, p, x, n, m]; L[x, 0] = 1; L[x, 1] = 1 + x; L[x_, n_] := L[x, n - 1] + x*L[x, n - 2]; Table[ExpandAll[L[x, n]], {n, 0, 10}]; Table[CoefficientList[ExpandAll[L[x, n]], x], {n, 0, 12}]; Flatten[%] (* Roger L. Bagula, Feb 20 2009 *)
    (* Center option shows falling diagonals are A224838 *) Column[Table[Binomial[n - m, m], {n, 0, 25}, {m, 0, Floor[n/2]}], Center] (* John Molokach, Jul 26 2013 *)
    Table[ Select[ CoefficientList[ Fibonacci[n, x], x], Positive] // Reverse, {n, 1, 18} ] // Flatten (* Jean-François Alcover, Oct 21 2013 *)
    CoefficientList[LinearRecurrence[{1, x}, {1 + x, 1 + 2 x}, {-1, 10}], x] // Flatten (* Eric W. Weisstein, Apr 07 2017 *)
    CoefficientList[Table[x^((n - 1)/2) Fibonacci[n, 1/Sqrt[x]], {n, 15}], x] // Flatten (* Eric W. Weisstein, Apr 07 2017 *)
  • PARI
    {T(n, k) = if( k<0 || 2*k>n, 0, binomial(n-k, k))};
    
  • Sage
    # Prints the table; cf. A145574.
    for n in (2..20): [Compositions(n, length=m, min_part=2).cardinality() for m in (1..n//2)]  # Peter Luschny, Oct 18 2012
    

Formula

Let F(n, x) be the n-th Fibonacci polynomial in x; the g.f. for F(n, x) is Sum_{n>=0} F(n, x)*y^n = (1 + x*y)/(1 - y - x*y^2). - Paul D. Hanna
T(m, n) = 0 for n != 0 and m <= 1 T(0, 0) = T(1, 0) = 1 T(m, n) = T(m - 1, n) + T(m-2, n-1) for m >= 2 (i.e., like the recurrence for Pascal's triangle A007318, but going up one row as well as left one column for the second summand). E.g., T(7, 2) = 10 = T(6, 2) + T(5, 1) = 6 + 4. - Rob Arthan, Sep 22 2003
G.f. for k-th column: x^(2*k-1)/(1-x)^(k+1).
Identities for the Fibonacci polynomials F(n, x):
F(m+n+1, x) = F(m+1, x)*F(n+1, x) + x*F(m, x)F(n, x).
F(n, x)^2-F(n-1, x)*F(n+1, x) = (-x)^(n-1).
The degree of F(n, x) is floor((n-1)/2) and F(2p, x) = F(p, x) times a polynomial of equal degree which is 1 mod p.
From Roger L. Bagula, Feb 20 2009: (Start)
p(x,n) = Sum_{m=0..floor((n+1)/2)} binomial(n-m+1, m)*x^m;
p(x,n) = p(x, n - 1) + x*p(x, n - 2). (End)
T(n, k) = A102541(2*n+2, 2*k+1) + A102541(2*n+1, 2*k) - A102541(2*n+3, 2*k+1), n >= 0 and 0 <= k <= floor(n/2). - Johannes W. Meijer, Aug 26 2013
G.f.: 1/(1-x-y*x^2) = R(0)/2, where R(k) = 1 + 1/(1 - (2*k+1+ x*y)*x/((2*k+2+ x*y)*x + 1/R(k+1) )); (continued fraction). - Sergei N. Gladkovskii, Nov 09 2013
O.g.f. G(x,t) = x/(1-x-tx^2) = x + x^2 + (1+t) x^3 + (1+2t) x^4 + ... has the inverse Ginv(x,t) = -[1+x-sqrt[(1+x)^2 + 4tx^2]]/(2tx) = x - x^2 + (1-t) x^3 + (-1+3t) x^4 + ..., an o.g.f. for the signed Motzkin polynomials of A055151, consistent with A134264 with h_0 = 1, h_1 = -1, h_2 = -t, and h_n = 0 otherwise. - Tom Copeland, Jan 21 2016
O.g.f. H(x,t) = x (1+tx)/ [1-x(1+tx)] = x + (1+t) x^2 + (1+2t) x^3 + ... = -L[Cinv(-tx)/t], where L(x) = x/(1+x) with inverse Linv(x) = x/(1-x) and Cinv(x) = x (1-x) is the inverse of C(x) = (1-sqrt(1-4x))/2, the o.g.f. of the shifted Catalan numbers A000108. Then Hinv(x,t) = -C[t Linv(-x)]/t = [-1 + sqrt(1+4tx/(1+x))]/2t = x - (1+t) x^2 + (1+2t+2t^2) x^3 - (1+3t+6t^2+5t^3) x^4 + ..., which is signed A098474, reverse of A124644. - Tom Copeland, Jan 25 2016
T(n, k) = GegenbauerC(k, (n+1)/2-k, 1). - Peter Luschny, May 10 2016

A109466 Riordan array (1, x(1-x)).

Original entry on oeis.org

1, 0, 1, 0, -1, 1, 0, 0, -2, 1, 0, 0, 1, -3, 1, 0, 0, 0, 3, -4, 1, 0, 0, 0, -1, 6, -5, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, -4, 10, -6, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, -10, 15, -7, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 5, -20, 21, -8, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, -1, 15, -35, 28, -9, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, -6, 35, -56, 36, -10, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, -21, 70, -84, 45, -11, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0
Offset: 0

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Author

Philippe Deléham, Aug 28 2005

Keywords

Comments

Inverse is Riordan array (1, xc(x)) (A106566).
Triangle T(n,k), 0 <= k <= n, read by rows, given by [0, -1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, ...] DELTA [1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, ...] where DELTA is the operator defined in A084938.
Modulo 2, this sequence gives A106344. - Philippe Deléham, Dec 18 2008
Coefficient array of the polynomials Chebyshev_U(n, sqrt(x)/2)*(sqrt(x))^n. - Paul Barry, Sep 28 2009

Examples

			Rows begin:
  1;
  0,  1;
  0, -1,  1;
  0,  0, -2,  1;
  0,  0,  1, -3,  1;
  0,  0,  0,  3, -4,   1;
  0,  0,  0, -1,  6,  -5,   1;
  0,  0,  0,  0, -4,  10,  -6,   1;
  0,  0,  0,  0,  1, -10,  15,  -7,  1;
  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,   5, -20,  21, -8,  1;
  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  -1,  15, -35, 28, -9, 1;
From _Paul Barry_, Sep 28 2009: (Start)
Production array is
  0,    1,
  0,   -1,    1,
  0,   -1,   -1,   1,
  0,   -2,   -1,  -1,   1,
  0,   -5,   -2,  -1,  -1,  1,
  0,  -14,   -5,  -2,  -1, -1,  1,
  0,  -42,  -14,  -5,  -2, -1, -1,  1,
  0, -132,  -42, -14,  -5, -2, -1, -1,  1,
  0, -429, -132, -42, -14, -5, -2, -1, -1, 1 (End)
		

Crossrefs

Cf. A026729 (unsigned version), A000108, A030528, A124644.

Programs

  • Magma
    /* As triangle */ [[(-1)^(n-k)*Binomial(k, n-k): k in [0..n]]: n in [0.. 15]]; // Vincenzo Librandi, Jan 14 2016
  • Mathematica
    (* The function RiordanArray is defined in A256893. *)
    RiordanArray[1&, #(1-#)&, 13] // Flatten (* Jean-François Alcover, Jul 16 2019 *)

Formula

Number triangle T(n, k) = (-1)^(n-k)*binomial(k, n-k).
T(n, k)*2^(n-k) = A110509(n, k); T(n, k)*3^(n-k) = A110517(n, k).
Sum_{k=0..n} T(n,k)*A000108(k)=1. - Philippe Deléham, Jun 11 2007
From Philippe Deléham, Oct 30 2008: (Start)
Sum_{k=0..n} T(n,k)*A144706(k) = A082505(n+1).
Sum_{k=0..n} T(n,k)*A002450(k) = A100335(n).
Sum_{k=0..n} T(n,k)*A001906(k) = A100334(n).
Sum_{k=0..n} T(n,k)*A015565(k) = A099322(n).
Sum_{k=0..n} T(n,k)*A003462(k) = A106233(n). (End)
Sum_{k=0..n} T(n,k)*x^(n-k) = A053404(n), A015447(n), A015446(n), A015445(n), A015443(n), A015442(n), A015441(n), A015440(n), A006131(n), A006130(n), A001045(n+1), A000045(n+1), A000012(n), A010892(n), A107920(n+1), A106852(n), A106853(n), A106854(n), A145934(n), A145976(n), A145978(n), A146078(n), A146080(n), A146083(n), A146084(n) for x = -12,-11,-10,-9,-8,-7,-6,-5,-4,-3,-2,-1,0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12 respectively. - Philippe Deléham, Oct 27 2008
Sum_{k=0..n} T(n,k)*x^k = A000007(n), A010892(n), A099087(n), A057083(n), A001787(n+1), A030191(n), A030192(n), A030240(n), A057084(n), A057085(n+1), A057086(n) for x = 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 respectively. - Philippe Deléham, Oct 28 2008
G.f.: 1/(1-y*x+y*x^2). - Philippe Deléham, Dec 15 2011
T(n,k) = T(n-1,k-1) - T(n-2,k-1), T(n,0) = 0^n. - Philippe Deléham, Feb 15 2012
Sum_{k=0..n} T(n,k)*x^(n-k) = F(n+1,-x) where F(n,x)is the n-th Fibonacci polynomial in x defined in A011973. - Philippe Deléham, Feb 22 2013
Sum_{k=0..n} T(n,k)^2 = A051286(n). - Philippe Deléham, Feb 26 2013
Sum_{k=0..n} T(n,k)*T(n+1,k) = -A110320(n). - Philippe Deléham, Feb 26 2013
For T(0,0) = 0, the signed triangle below has the o.g.f. G(x,t) = [t*x(1-x)]/[1-t*x(1-x)] = L[t*Cinv(x)] where L(x) = x/(1-x) and Cinv(x)=x(1-x) with the inverses Linv(x) = x/(1+x) and C(x)= [1-sqrt(1-4*x)]/2, an o.g.f. for the shifted Catalan numbers A000108, so the inverse o.g.f. is Ginv(x,t) = C[Linv(x)/t] = [1-sqrt[1-4*x/(t(1+x))]]/2 (cf. A124644 and A030528). - Tom Copeland, Jan 19 2016

A057078 Periodic sequence 1,0,-1,...; expansion of (1+x)/(1+x+x^2).

Original entry on oeis.org

1, 0, -1, 1, 0, -1, 1, 0, -1, 1, 0, -1, 1, 0, -1, 1, 0, -1, 1, 0, -1, 1, 0, -1, 1, 0, -1, 1, 0, -1, 1, 0, -1, 1, 0, -1, 1, 0, -1, 1, 0, -1, 1, 0, -1, 1, 0, -1, 1, 0, -1, 1, 0, -1, 1, 0, -1, 1, 0, -1, 1, 0, -1, 1, 0, -1, 1, 0, -1, 1, 0, -1, 1, 0, -1, 1, 0, -1, 1, 0, -1, 1, 0, -1, 1, 0, -1, 1, 0, -1
Offset: 0

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Author

Wolfdieter Lang, Aug 04 2000

Keywords

Comments

Partial sums of signed sequence is shifted unsigned one: |a(n+2)| = A011655(n+1).
With interpolated zeros, a(n) = sin(5*Pi*n/6 + Pi/3)/sqrt(3) + cos(Pi*n/6 + Pi/6)/sqrt(3); this gives the diagonal sums of the Riordan array (1-x^2, x(1-x^2)). - Paul Barry, Feb 02 2005
From Tom Copeland, Nov 02 2014: (Start)
With a shift and a sign change the o.g.f. of this array becomes the compositional inverse of the shifted Motzkin or Riordan numbers A005043,
(x - x^2) / (1 - x + x^2) = x*(1-x) / (1 - x*(1-x)) = x*(1-x) + [x*(1-x)]^2 + ... . Expanding each term of this series and arranging like powers of x in columns gives skewed rows of the Pascal triangle and reading along the columns gives (mod-signs and indexing) A011973, A169803, and A115139 (see also A091867, A092865, A098925, and A102426 for these term-by-term expansions and A030528). (End)

Examples

			G.f. = 1 - x^2 + x^3 - x^5 + x^6 - x^8 + x^9 - x^11 + x^12 - x^14 + x^15 + ...
		

Crossrefs

Programs

Formula

a(n) = S(n, -1) + S(n - 1, -1) = S(2*n, 1); S(n, x) := U(n, x/2), Chebyshev polynomials of 2nd kind, A049310. S(n, -1) = A049347(n). S(n, 1) = A010892(n).
From Mario Catalani (mario.catalani(AT)unito.it), Jan 08 2003: (Start)
a(n) = (1/2)*((-1)^floor(2*n/3) + (-1)^floor((2*n+1)/3)).
a(n) = -a(n-1) - a(n-2).
a(n) = A061347(n) - A049347(n+2). (End)
a(n) = Sum_{k=0..n} binomial(n+k, 2k)*(-1)^(n-k) = Sum_{k=0..floor((n+1)/2)} binomial(n+1-k, k)*(-1)^(n-k). - Mario Catalani (mario.catalani(AT)unito.it), Aug 20 2003
Binomial transform is A010892. a(n) = 2*sqrt(3)*sin(2*Pi*n/3 + Pi/3)/3. - Paul Barry, Sep 13 2003
a(n) = cos(2*Pi*n/3) + sin(2*Pi*n/3)/sqrt(3). - Paul Barry, Oct 27 2004
a(n) = Sum_{k=0..n} (-1)^A010060(2n-2k)*(binomial(2n-k, k) mod 2). - Paul Barry, Dec 11 2004
a(n) = (4/3)*(|sin(Pi*(n-2)/3)| - |sin(Pi*n/3)|)*|sin(Pi*(n-1)/3)|. - Hieronymus Fischer, Jun 27 2007
a(n) = 1 - (n mod 3) = 1 + 3*floor(n/3) - n. - Hieronymus Fischer, Jun 27 2007
a(n) = 1 - A010872(n) = 1 + 3*A002264(n) - n. - Hieronymus Fischer, Jun 27 2007
Euler transform of length 3 sequence [0, -1, 1]. - Michael Somos, Oct 15 2008
a(n) = a(n-1)^2 - a(n-2)^2 with a(0) = 1, a(1) = 0. - Francesco Daddi, Aug 02 2011
a(n) = A049347(n) + A049347(n-1). - R. J. Mathar, Jun 26 2013
E.g.f.: exp(-x/2)*(3*cos(sqrt(3)*x/2) + sqrt(3)*sin(sqrt(3)*x/2))/3. - Stefano Spezia, May 16 2023
a(n) = -a(-1-n) for all n in Z. - Michael Somos, Feb 20 2024
From Peter Bala, Sep 08 2024: (Start)
G.f. A(x) satisfies A(x) = (1 + x)*(1 - x*A(x)).
1/x * series_reversion(x/A(x)) = the g.f of A364374. (End)
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