A068763 Irregular triangle of the Fibonacci polynomials of A011973 multiplied diagonally by the Catalan numbers.

1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 5, 6, 1, 14, 20, 6, 42, 70, 30, 2, 132, 252, 140, 20, 429, 924, 630, 140, 5, 1430, 3432, 2772, 840, 70, 4862, 12870, 12012, 4620, 630, 14, 16796, 48620, 51480, 24024, 4620, 252, 58786, 184756, 218790

Offset: 0

Author

Wolfdieter Lang, Mar 04 2002

Keywords

• nonn
• easy
• tabf

Comments

The row length sequence of this array is [1,2,2,3,3,4,4,5,5,...] = A008619(n+2), n>=0.

The row polynomials p(n,x) := Sum_{m=0..floor((n+1)/2)} a(n,m)*x^m produce, for x = (b-a^2)/a^2 (not 0), the two parameter family of sequences K(a,b; n) := (a^(n+1))*p(n,(b-a^2)/a^2) with g.f. K(a,b; x) := (1-sqrt(1-4*x*(a+x*(b-a^2))))/(2*x).

Some members are: K(1,1; n)=A000108(n) (Catalan), K(1,2; n)=A025227(n-1), K(2,1; n)=A025228(n-1), K(1,3; n)=A025229(n-1), K(3,1; n)=A025230(n-1). For a=b=2..10 the sequences K(a,a; n)/a are A068764-A068772.

The column sequences (without leading 0's) are: A000108 (Catalan), A000984 (central binomial), A002457, 2*A002802, 5*A020918, 14*A020920, 42*A020922, ...

a(n,m) is the number of ways to designate exactly m cherries over all binary trees with n internal nodes. A cherry is an internal node whose descendants are both external nodes. Cf. A091894 which gives the number of binary trees with m cherries. - Geoffrey Critzer, Jul 24 2020

This irregular triangle is essentially that of A011973 with its diagonals multiplied by the Catalan numbers of A000108. The diagonals of this triangle are then rows of the Pascal matrix A007318 multiplied by the Catalan numbers. - Tom Copeland, Dec 23 2023

Examples

			The irregular triangle begins:
   n\m    0     1     2     3    4   5
   0:     1
   1:     1     1
   2:     2     2
   3:     5     6     1
   4:    14    20     6
   5:    42    70    30     2
   6:   132   252   140    20
   7:   429   924   630   140    5
   8:  1430  3432  2772   840   70
   9:  4862 12870 12012  4620  630  14
  10: 16796 48620 51480 24024 4620 252
  ...
p(3,x) = 5 + 6*x + x^2.
		

Links

• P. Flajolet and R. Sedgewick, Analytic Combinatorics, 2009; see page 213.
• Tad White, Quota Trees, arXiv:2401.01462 [math.CO], 2024. See p. 20.

Crossrefs

Cf. A025227(n-1) (row sums).

Cf. A000007(n) (alternating row sums).

Cf. A000108, A001263, A007318, A011973, A033832, A034867, A133437 and A134264.

Programs

Mathematica

nn = 10; b[z_] := (1 - Sqrt[1 - 4 z])/(2 z);Map[Select[#, # > 0 &] &,
CoefficientList[Series[v b[v z] /. v -> (1 + u z ), {z, 0, nn}], {z, u}]] // Grid (* Geoffrey Critzer, Jul 24 2020 *)

Formula

a(n, m) = binomial(n+1-m, m)*C(n-m) if 0 <= m <= floor((n+1)/2), otherwise 0, with C(n) := A000108(n) (Catalan).

G.f. for column m=1, 2, ...: (x^(2*m-1))*C(m-1)/(1-4*x)^((2*m-1)/2); m=0: c(x), g.f. for A000108 (Catalan).

G.f. for row polynomials p(n, x): c(z) + x*z*c(x*(z^2)/(1-4*z))/sqrt(1-4*z) = (1-sqrt(1-4*z*(1+x*z)))/(2*z), where c(x) is the g.f. of A000108 (Catalan).

G.f. for triangle: (1 - sqrt(1 - 4*x (1 + y*x)))/(2*x). - Geoffrey Critzer, Jul 24 2020

The alternating row sums are {1,repeat 0} = {A000007(n)}{n>=0}. From the second comment p(n, x=-1) = K(1,0; n), with g.f. K(1,0; x) = 1. Or from the g.f. of the triangle with y = -1. Thanks to Aaron Li for asking for a proof. - _Wolfdieter Lang, Jan 21 2023

The series expansion of f(x) = (1 + 2sx - sqrt(1 + 4sx + 4d^2x^2))/(2x) at x = 0 is (s^2 - d^2) x + (2 d^2s - 2 s^3) x^2 + (d^4 - 6 d^2 s^2 + 5 s^4) x^3 + (-6 d^4 s + 20 d^2 s^3 - 14 s^5) x^4 + ..., containing the coefficients of this array. With s = (a+b)/2 and d = (a-b)/2, then f(x)/ab = g(x) = (1 + (a+b)x - sqrt((1+(a+b)x)^2 - 4abx^2))/(2abx) = x - (a + b) x^2 + (a^2 + 3 a b + b^2) x^3 - (a^3 + 6 a^2 b + 6 a b^2 + b^3) x^4 + ..., containing the Narayana polynomials of A001263, which can be simply transformed into A033282. The compositional inverse about the origin of g(x) is g^(-1)(x) = x/((1-ax)(1-bx)) = x/((1-(s+d)x)(1-(s-d)x)) = x + (a + b) x^2 + (a^2 + a b + b^2) x^3 + (a^3 + a^2 b + a b^2 + b^3) x^4 + ..., containing the complete homogeneous symmetric polynomials h_n(a,b) = (a^n - b^n)/(a-b), which are the polynomials of A034867 when expressed in s and d, e.g., ((s + d)^7 - (s - d)^7)/(2 d) = d^6 + 21 d^4 s^2 + 35 d^2 s^4 + 7 s^6. A133437 and A134264 for compositional inversion of o.g.f.s can be used to relate the sets of polynomials above. - Tom Copeland, Nov 28 2023

Extensions

Title changed by Tom Copeland, Dec 23 2023