A099169 a(n) = (1/n) * Sum_{k=0..n-1} C(n,k) * C(n,k+1) * (n-1)^k.

1, 2, 11, 100, 1257, 20076, 387739, 8766248, 226739489, 6595646860, 212944033051, 7550600079672, 291527929539433, 12169325847587832, 545918747361417291, 26183626498897556176, 1336713063706757646465

Offset: 1

Author

Ralf Stephan, Oct 09 2004

Keywords

• nonn
• easy

Comments

A diagonal of Narayana array (A008550).

Links

• Vincenzo Librandi, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..100
• Paul Barry and Aoife Hennessy, Generalized Narayana Polynomials, Riordan Arrays, and Lattice Paths, Journal of Integer Sequences, Vol. 15, 2012, #12.4.8. - From _N. J. A. Sloane_, Oct 08 2012

Crossrefs

Cf. A092366, A187018, A187019, A187021.

Cf. A008550, A204057, A243631.

Programs

Magma

A099169:= func< n | (&+[Binomial(n, j)*Binomial(n-1,j)*(n-1)^j/(j+1): j in [0..n-1]]) >;
[A099169(n): n in [1..30]]; // G. C. Greubel, Feb 16 2021

Maple

A099169:= n-> add( binomial(n, j)*binomial(n-1,j)*(n-1)^j/(j+1), j=0..n-1);
seq( A099169(n), n=1..30) # G. C. Greubel, Feb 16 2021

Mathematica

Join[{1},Table[Sum[Binomial[n,k]Binomial[n,k+1](n-1)^k,{k,0,n-1}]/n,{n,2,20}]] (* Harvey P. Dale, Oct 07 2013 *)
Table[Hypergeometric2F1[1-n,-n,2,-1+n],{n,1,20}] (* Vaclav Kotesovec, Apr 18 2014 *)

PARI

a(n) = (1/n) * sum(k=0, n-1, binomial(n,k) * binomial(n,k+1) * (n-1)^k); \\ Michel Marcus, Feb 16 2021

Sage

def A099169(n): return sum( binomial(n, j)*binomial(n-1,j)*(n-1)^j/(j+1) for j in [0..n-1])
[A099169(n) for n in [1..30]] # G. C. Greubel, Feb 16 2021

Formula

From Vaclav Kotesovec, Apr 18 2014, extended Dec 01 2021: (Start)

a(n) = Hypergeometric2F1([1-n,-n], [2], -1+n).

a(n) ~ exp(2*sqrt(n)-2) * n^(n-7/4) / (2*sqrt(Pi)) * (1 + 119/(48*sqrt(n))). (End)