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%I A103872 #20 Feb 16 2025 08:32:56 %S A103872 0,2,2,6,12,30,72,182,464,1206,3170,8426,22596,61074,166194,454950, %T A103872 1251984,3461574,9611190,26787378,74916660,210178458,591347988, %U A103872 1668172842,4717282752,13369522250,37970114702,108045430902 %N A103872 a(n) = 3*trinomial(n+1,0) - trinomial(n+2,0). %C A103872 First differs from A059727 for n = 8. %C A103872 Essentially twice A005043. %H A103872 Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, <a href="https://mathworld.wolfram.com/TrinomialCoefficient.html">Trinomial Coefficient</a> %p A103872 trinomial := n -> simplify(GegenbauerC(n,-n,-1/2)): %p A103872 a := n -> 3*trinomial(n+1) - trinomial(n+2): %p A103872 seq(a(n), n=0..27); # _Peter Luschny_, May 07 2016 %t A103872 Table[(4*2^n (2n + 3)!! (3 Hypergeometric2F1[-2 - n, -1 - n, -3/2 - n, 1/4] - 4 Hypergeometric2F1[-2 - n, -2 - n, -3/2 - n, 1/4]))/(n + 2)!, {n, 0, 20}] (* _Vladimir Reshetnikov_, May 07 2016 *) %Y A103872 Cf. A005043, A059727. %K A103872 nonn,easy %O A103872 0,2 %A A103872 _Eric W. Weisstein_, Feb 19 2005