A108453 Number of pyramids of the first kind in all paths from (0,0) to (3n,0) that stay in the first quadrant (but may touch the horizontal axis), consisting of steps u=(2,1),U=(1,2), or d=(1,-1) (a pyramid of the first kind is a sequence u^pd^p for some positive integer p, starting at the x-axis).

1, 5, 29, 201, 1561, 13005, 113525, 1024593, 9482097, 89488213, 857952525, 8332513689, 81805985033, 810551503005, 8094740040677, 81395917522849, 823405075135457, 8374004486010277, 85567502052729597, 878066090712156521

Offset: 1

Author

Emeric Deutsch, Jun 11 2005

Keywords

• nonn

Comments

A108453(n)=sum(k*A108451(k),k=1..n) (for example, A108453(3)=1*16+2*5+3*1=29). A108453(n)=(1/2)*A108450(n). A108453 = partial sums of A032349.

Examples

			a(2)=5 because in the A027307(2)=10 paths we have altogether 5 pyramids of the first kind (shown between parentheses): (ud)(ud), (ud)Udd, (uudd), uUddd, Udd(ud), UddUdd, Ududd, UdUddd, Uuddd, UUdddd.
		

Links

• Vaclav Kotesovec, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..160
• Emeric Deutsch, Problem 10658: Another Type of Lattice Path, American Math. Monthly, 107, 2000, 368-370.

Crossrefs

Cf. A027307, A108450, A108451, A032349.

Programs

Maple

A:=(2/3)*sqrt((z+3)/z)*sin((1/3)*arcsin(sqrt(z)*(z+18)/(z+3)^(3/2)))-1/3: g:=z*A^2/(1-z): gser:=series(g,z=0,25): seq(coeff(gser,z^n),n=1..22);

PARI

{a(n)=local(y=x); for(i=1, n, y=x*(1+y-x*y)^2/((1-x)*(1-y+x*y)^2) + (O(x^n))^3); polcoeff(y, n)}
for(n=1, 20, print1(a(n), ", ")) \\ Vaclav Kotesovec, Mar 17 2014

Formula

G.f.=zA^2/(1-z), where A=1+zA^2+zA^3=(2/3)*sqrt((z+3)/z)*sin((1/3)*arcsin(sqrt(z)*(z+18)/(z+3)^(3/2)))-1/3 (the g.f. of A027307).

G.f. y(x) satisfies: x*(1+y-x*y)^2 = (1-x)*y*(1-y+x*y)^2. - Vaclav Kotesovec, Mar 17 2014

a(n) ~ sqrt(23*sqrt(5)-15) * (11+5*sqrt(5))^n / (11* sqrt(5*Pi) * n^(3/2) * 2^(n+1/2)). - Vaclav Kotesovec, Mar 17 2014

D-finite with recurrence n*(2*n-1)*a(n) -6*(n-1)*(5*n-6)*a(n-1) +4*(23*n^2-97*n+111)*a(n-2) +2*(-29*n^2+142*n-174)*a(n-3) -3*(2*n-5)*(n-4)*a(n-4)=0. - R. J. Mathar, Jul 26 2022