A099039 Riordan array (1,c(-x)), where c(x) = g.f. of Catalan numbers.

1, 0, 1, 0, -1, 1, 0, 2, -2, 1, 0, -5, 5, -3, 1, 0, 14, -14, 9, -4, 1, 0, -42, 42, -28, 14, -5, 1, 0, 132, -132, 90, -48, 20, -6, 1, 0, -429, 429, -297, 165, -75, 27, -7, 1, 0, 1430, -1430, 1001, -572, 275, -110, 35, -8, 1, 0, -4862, 4862, -3432, 2002, -1001, 429, -154, 44, -9, 1, 0, 16796, -16796, 11934, -7072, 3640, -1638

Offset: 0

Author

Paul Barry, Sep 23 2004

Keywords

• easy
• sign
• tabl

Comments

Row sums are generalized Catalan numbers A064310. Diagonal sums are 0^n+(-1)^n*A030238(n-2). Inverse is A026729, as number triangle. Columns have g.f. (xc(-x))^k=((sqrt(1+4x)-1)/2)^k.

Triangle T(n,k), 0 <= k <= n, read by rows, given by [0, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, ... ] DELTA [1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, ... ] where DELTA is the operator defined in A084938. - Philippe Deléham, May 31 2005

Examples

			Rows begin {1}, {0,1}, {0,-1,1}, {0,2,-2,1}, {0,-5,5,-3,1}, ...
Triangle begins
  1;
  0,    1;
  0,   -1,    1;
  0,    2,   -2,   1;
  0,   -5,    5,  -3,    1;
  0,   14,  -14,   9,   -4,   1;
  0,  -42,   42, -28,   14,  -5,  1;
  0,  132, -132,  90,  -48,  20, -6,  1;
  0, -429,  429, -297, 165, -75, 27, -7, 1;
Production matrix is
  0,  1,
  0, -1,  1,
  0,  1, -1,  1,
  0, -1,  1, -1,  1,
  0,  1, -1,  1, -1,  1,
  0, -1,  1, -1,  1, -1,  1,
  0,  1, -1,  1, -1,  1, -1,  1,
  0, -1,  1, -1,  1, -1,  1, -1,  1,
  0,  1, -1,  1, -1,  1, -1,  1, -1,  1
		

Links

• G. C. Greubel, Table of n, a(n) for the first 100 rows, flattened
• George Beck and Karl Dilcher, A Matrix Related to Stern Polynomials and the Prouhet-Thue-Morse Sequence, arXiv:2106.10400 [math.CO], 2021. See (2.10) p. 6.
• F. R. Bernhart, Catalan, Motzkin and Riordan numbers, Discr. Math., 204 (1999), 73-112.
• D. Callan, A recursive bijective approach to counting permutations containing 3-letter patterns, arXiv:math/0211380 [math.CO], 2002.
• E. Deutsch, Dyck path enumeration, Discrete Math., 204, 1999, 167-202.
• R. K. Guy, Catwalks, sandsteps and Pascal pyramids, J. Integer Sequences, Vol. 3 (2000), Article #00.1.6.
• A. Robertson, D. Saracino and D. Zeilberger, Refined restricted permutations, arXiv:math/0203033 [math.CO], 2002.
• L. W. Shapiro, S. Getu, Wen-Jin Woan and L. C. Woodson, The Riordan Group, Discrete Appl. Maths. 34 (1991) 229-239.

Crossrefs

The three triangles A059365, A106566 and A099039 are the same except for signs and the leading term.

Cf. A033184, A000108.

Cf. A106566 (unsigned version), A059365

The following are all versions of (essentially) the same Catalan triangle: A009766, A030237, A033184, A059365, A099039, A106566, A130020, A047072.

Diagonals give A000108 A000245 A002057 A000344 A003517 A000588 A003518 A003519 A001392, ...

Programs

Mathematica

T[n_, k_]:= If[n == 0 && k == 0, 1, If[n == 0 && k > 0, 0, (-1)^(n + k)*Binomial[2*n - k - 1, n - k]*k/n]];  Table[T[n, k], {n, 0, 15}, {k, 0, n}] // Flatten (* G. C. Greubel, Dec 31 2017 *)

PARI

{T(n,k) = if(n == 0 && k == 0, 1, if(n == 0 && k > 0, 0, (-1)^(n + k)*binomial(2*n - k - 1, n - k)*k/n))};
for(n=0,15, for(k=0,n, print1(T(n,k), ", "))) \\ G. C. Greubel, Dec 31 2017

Formula

T(n, k) = (-1)^(n+k)*binomial(2*n-k-1, n-k)*k/n for 0 <= k <= n with n > 0; T(0, 0) = 1; T(0, k) = 0 if k > 0. - Philippe Deléham, May 31 2005