A121530 Number of double rises at an odd level in all nondecreasing Dyck paths of semilength n. A nondecreasing Dyck path is a Dyck path for which the sequence of the altitudes of the valleys is nondecreasing.
0, 1, 4, 14, 47, 148, 454, 1359, 4004, 11644, 33521, 95696, 271300, 764605, 2143964, 5985186, 16643779, 46124692, 127433562, 351106955, 964976460, 2646158176, 7241414949, 19779499584, 53933402472, 146828245753, 399137621524
Offset: 1
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Examples
a(3)=4 because we have UDUDUD, UDU/UDD, U/UDDUD, U/UDUDD and U/UUDDD, the double rises at an odd level being indicated by a / (U=(1,1), D=(1,-1)).
Links
- E. Barcucci, A. Del Lungo, S. Fezzi and R. Pinzani, Nondecreasing Dyck paths and q-Fibonacci numbers, Discrete Math., 170, 1997, 211-217.
- Index entries for linear recurrences with constant coefficients, signature (6,-9,-5,15,-1,-4,1)
Programs
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Maple
g:=z^2*(1-2*z-z^2+4*z^3-3*z^4)/(1+z)/(1-3*z+z^2)^2/(1-z-z^2): gser:=series(g,z=0,33): seq(coeff(gser,z,n),n=1..30);
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Mathematica
Rest[CoefficientList[Series[x^2*(1-2*x-x^2+4*x^3-3*x^4)/(1+x)/(1-3*x+x^2)^2 /(1-x-x^2), {x, 0, 20}], x]] (* Vaclav Kotesovec, Mar 20 2014 *)
Formula
G.f.=z^2*(1-2z-z^2+4z^3-3z^4)/[(1+z)(1-3z+z^2)^2*(1-z-z^2)].
a(n) ~ (3-sqrt(5)) * (3+sqrt(5))^n * n / (5 * 2^(n+1)). - Vaclav Kotesovec, Mar 20 2014
Equivalently, a(n) ~ phi^(2*n-2) * n / 5, where phi = A001622 is the golden ratio. - Vaclav Kotesovec, Dec 06 2021
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