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For n >= 2, a(n) equals 2^(2n+1) times the coefficient of Pi in 2F1([3/2, n+1], [5/2], -1). - John M. Campbell, Jul 17 2011

Number of paths from (0,0) to (n,n) in an n X n grid using only steps north, northeast and east (i.e., steps (1,0), (1,1), and (0,1)).

Also the number of ways of aligning two sequences (e.g., of nucleotides or amino acids) of length n, with at most 2*n gaps (-) inserted, so that while unnecessary gappings: - -a a- - are forbidden, both b- and -b are allowed. (If only other of the latter is allowed, then the sequence A000984 gives the number of alignments.) There is an easy bijection from grid walks given by Dickau to such set of alignments (e.g., the straight diagonal corresponds to the perfect alignment with no gaps). - Antti Karttunen, Oct 10 2001

Also main diagonal of array A008288 defined by m(i,1) = m(1,j) = 1, m(i,j) = m(i-1,j-1) + m(i-1,j) + m(i,j-1). - Benoit Cloitre, May 03 2002

So, as a special case of Dmitry Zaitsev's Dec 10 2015 comment on A008288, a(n) is the number of points in Z^n that are L1 (Manhattan) distance <= n from any given point. These terms occur in the crystal ball sequences: a(n) here is the n-th term in the sequence for the n-dimensional cubic lattice. See A008288 for a list of crystal ball sequences (rows or columns of A008288). - Shel Kaphan, Dec 26 2022

a(n) is the number of n-matchings of a comb-like graph with 2*n teeth. Example: a(2) = 13 because the graph consisting of a horizontal path ABCD and the teeth Aa, Bb, Cc, Dd has 13 2-matchings: any of the six possible pairs of teeth and {Aa, BC}, {Aa, CD}, {Bb, CD}, {Cc, AB}, {Dd, AB}, {Dd, BC}, {AB, CD}. - Emeric Deutsch, Jul 02 2002

Number of ordered trees with 2*n+1 edges, having root of odd degree, nonroot nodes of outdegree at most 2 and branches of odd length. - Emeric Deutsch, Aug 02 2002

The sum of the first n coefficients of ((1 - x) / (1 - 2*x))^n is a(n-1). - Michael Somos, Sep 28 2003

Row sums of A063007 and A105870. - Paul Barry, Apr 23 2005

The Hankel transform (see A001906 for definition) of this sequence is A036442: 1, 4, 32, 512, 16384, ... . - Philippe Deléham, Jul 03 2005

Also number of paths from (0,0) to (n,0) using only steps U = (1,1), H = (1,0) and D =(1,-1), U can have 2 colors and H can have 3 colors. - N-E. Fahssi, Jan 27 2008

Equals row sums of triangle A152250 and INVERT transform of A109980: (1, 2, 8, 36, 172, 852, ...). - Gary W. Adamson, Nov 30 2008

Number of overpartitions in the n X n box (treat a walk of the type in the first comment as an overpartition, by interpreting a NE step as N, E with the part thus created being overlined). - William J. Keith, May 19 2017

Diagonal of rational functions 1/(1 - x - y - x*y), 1/(1 - x - y*z - x*y*z). - Gheorghe Coserea, Jul 03 2018

Dimensions of endomorphism algebras End(R^{(n)}) in the Delannoy category attached to the oligomorphic group of order preserving self-bijections of the real line. - Noah Snyder, Mar 22 2023

a(n) is the number of ways to tile a strip of length n with white squares, black squares, and red dominos, where we must have an equal number of white and black squares. - Greg Dresden and Leo Zhang, Jul 11 2025

Triangle read by rows: T(n,k) = number of Dyck n-paths (A000108) containing k returns to ground level. E.g., the paths UDUUDD, UUDDUD each have 2 returns; so T(3,2)=2. Row sums over even-indexed columns are the Fine numbers A000957. - David Callan, Jul 25 2005

Triangular array of numbers a(n,k) = number of linear forests of k planted planar trees and n non-root nodes.

Catalan convolution triangle; with offset [0,0]: a(n,m)=(m+1)*binomial(2*n-m,n-m)/(n+1), n >= m >= 0, else 0. G.f. for column m: c(x)*(x*c(x))^m with c(x) g.f. for A000108 (Catalan). - Wolfdieter Lang, Sep 12 2001

a(n+1,m+1), n >= m >= 0, a(n,m) := 0, nA030528(n,m)*(-1)^(n-m).

a(n,k)=number of Dyck paths of semilength n and having k returns to the axis. Also number of Dyck paths of semilength n and having first peak at height k. Also number of ordered trees with n edges and root degree k. Also number of ordered trees with n edges and having the leftmost leaf at level k. Also number of parallelogram polyominoes of semiperimeter n+1 and having k cells in the leftmost column. - Emeric Deutsch, Mar 01 2004

Triangle T(n,k) with 1<=k<=n given by [0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, ...] DELTA [1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, ...] = 1; 0, 1; 0, 1, 1; 0, 2, 2, 1; 0, 5, 5, 3, 1; 0, 14, 14, 9, 4, 1; ... where DELTA is the operator defined in A084938; essentially the same triangle as A059365. - Philippe Deléham, Jun 14 2004

Number of Dyck paths of semilength and having k-1 peaks at height 2. - Emeric Deutsch, Aug 31 2004

Riordan array (c(x),x*c(x)), c(x) the g.f. of A000108. Inverse of Riordan array (1-x,x*(1-x)). - Paul Barry, Jun 22 2005

Subtriangle of triangle A106566. - Philippe Deléham, Jan 07 2007

T(n, k) is also the number of order-preserving and order-decreasing full transformations (of an n-chain) with exactly k fixed points. - Abdullahi Umar, Oct 02 2008

Triangle read by rows, product of A065600 and A007318 considered as infinite lower triangular arrays; A033184 = A065600*A007318. - Philippe Deléham, Dec 07 2009

The formula stating "Column k is the k-fold convolution of column 1" is equivalent to repeatedly applying M to [1,0,0,0,...], where M is an upper triangular matrix of all 1's with an additional single subdiagonal of 1's. - Gary W. Adamson, Jun 06 2011

4^(n-1) = (n-th row terms) dot (first n terms in A001792), where A001792 = binomial transform of the natural numbers: (1, 3, 8, 20, 48, 112, ...). Example: 4^4 = 256 = (14, 14, 9, 4, 1) dot (1, 3, 8, 20, 48) = (42 + 42 + 28 + 14 + 5 + 1) = 256. - Gary W. Adamson, Jun 17 2011

The e.g.f. for the n-th subdiagonal of the triangle has the form exp(x)*P(n,x), where P(n,x) is the e.g.f. for row n of triangle A039599. For example, the third row of A039599 is [5, 9, 5, 1] and so the third subdiagonal sequence of this triangle [5, 14, 28, 48, 75, ...] has the e.g.f. exp(x)*(5 + 9*x + 5*x^2/2! + x^3/3!). - Peter Bala, Oct 15 2019

Antidiagonals of convolution matrix of Table 1.3, p. 397, of Hoggatt and Bicknell. - Tom Copeland, Dec 25 2019

Also the convolution triangle of A120588(n) = A000108(n-1) for n > 0. - Peter Luschny, Oct 07 2022

Number of lattice paths from (0,0) to (n,n) using steps (1,0),(0,2),(1,1). - Joerg Arndt, Jun 30 2011

From Emeric Deutsch, Jan 25 2004: (Start)

Let B = 1/sqrt(1-4*z) = g.f. for central binomial coeffs (A000984); F = (1-sqrt(1-4*z))/(z*(3-sqrt(1-4*z))) = g.f. for (A000957).

B = 1 + 2*z + 6*z^2 + 20*z^3 + ... gives the number of nodes in all ordered trees with 0,1,2,3,... edges. On p. 288 of the Deutsch-Shapiro paper one finds that z*B*F = z + 2*z^2 + 7*z^3 + 24*z^4 + ... gives the number of nodes of odd outdegree in all ordered trees with 1,2,3,... edges (cf. A014300).

Consequently, B - z*B*F = 2/(3*sqrt(1-4*z)-1+4*z) = 1 + z + 4*z^2 + 13*z^3 + 46*z^4 + ... gives the total number of nodes of even degree in all ordered trees with 0,1,2,3,4,... edges. (End)

Main diagonal of the following array: first column is filled with 1's, first row is filled alternatively with 1's or 0's: m(i,j) = m(i-1,j) + m(i,j-1): 1 0 1 0 1 ... / 1 1 2 2 3 ... / 1 2 4 6 9 ... / 1 3 7 13 22 ... / 1 4 11 24 46 ... - Benoit Cloitre, Aug 05 2002

The Hankel transform of [1,1,4,13,46,166,610,2269,...] is 3^n. - Philippe Deléham, Mar 08 2007

Second binomial transform of A127361. - Philippe Deléham, Mar 14 2007

Starting with offset 1, generated from iterates of M * [1,1,1,...]; where M = a tridiagonal matrix with (0,2,2,2,...) in the main diagonal and (1,1,1,...) in the super and subdiagonals. - Gary W. Adamson, Jan 04 2009

Equals left border of triangle A158815. - Gary W. Adamson, Mar 27 2009

Equals the INVERTi transform of A101850: (1, 2, 7, 26, 100, ...). - Gary W. Adamson, Jan 10 2012

Diagonal of rational function 1/(1 - (x + x*y + y^2)). - Gheorghe Coserea, Aug 06 2018

Let A(i, j) denote the infinite array such that the i-th row of this array is the sequence obtained by applying the partial sum operator i times to the function (-1)^(n+1) for n > 0. Then A(n, n) equals a(n-1) for all n > 0. - John M. Campbell, Jan 20 2019

These numbers have the same parity as the Catalan numbers A000108; that is, a(n) is odd if and only if n = 2^k - 1 for some nonnegative integer k. It appears that if a(n) is odd then a(n) == 1 (mod 4). - Peter Bala, Feb 07 2024

The number a(n)/(n+1) is the coefficient of x^(n+1) in log(1+(1-sqrt(1-4*x))/2), the generating series of the Sabinin operad. - F. Chapoton, Mar 14 2024

a(n) is the number of ordered trees (A000108) with 3n-1 edges in which every non-leaf vertex has exactly two leaf children (no restriction on non-leaf children). For example, a(2) counts the 3 trees

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.\|/...\|/....\|/ . - David Callan, Aug 22 2014

a(n) is the number of lattice paths from (0,0) to (3n,n) using only the steps (1,0) and (0,1) and which are strictly below the line y = x/3 except at the path's endpoints. - Lucas A. Brown, Aug 21 2020

This is instance k = 3 of the family {c(k, n)}A130564.%20-%20_Wolfdieter%20Lang">{n>=1} given in a comment in A130564. - _Wolfdieter Lang, Feb 04 2024

See comments in A120588 for conditions needed for an integer sequence to satisfy a functional equation of the form: r*A(x) = c + b*x + A(x)^n.

Row sums of A155586.

Hankel transform is A057079(n+2).

From Petros Hadjicostas, Aug 03 2020: (Start)

To prove R. J. Mathar's conjecture, note that the o.g.f. of the sequence implies (Sum_{n >= 0} a(n)*x^n)*(1 - x) = 1 + x*c(x); i.e., a(0) + Sum_{n >= 1} (a(n) - a(n-1))*x^n = 1 + Sum_{n >= 1} C(n-1)*x^n, where C(n) = A000108(n) (Catalan numbers).

Thus, C(n-1) = a(n) - a(n-1) (for n >= 1), and hence C(n) = a(n+1) - a(n). Since 2*(2*n - 1)*C(n-1) = (n + 1)*C(n), we get (n + 1)*a(n+1) + (-5*n + 1)*a(n) + 2*(2*n - 1)*a(n-1) = 0. The last equation implies R. J. Mathar's conjecture. (End)

See comments in A120588 for conditions needed for an integer sequence to satisfy a functional equation of the form: r*A(x) = c + b*x + A(x)^n.

See comments in A120588 for conditions needed for an integer sequence to satisfy a functional equation of the form: r*A(x) = c + b*x + A(x)^n.