A178819 Pascal's prism (3-dimensional array) read by folded antidiagonal cross-sections: (h+i; h, i-j, j), h >= 0, i >= 0, 0 <= j <= i.
1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 1, 2, 1, 1, 3, 3, 1, 3, 6, 3, 3, 3, 1, 1, 4, 4, 6, 12, 6, 4, 12, 12, 4, 1, 4, 6, 4, 1, 1, 5, 10, 10, 5, 1, 5, 20, 30, 20, 5, 10, 30, 30, 10, 10, 20, 10, 5, 5, 1, 1, 6, 6, 15, 30, 15, 20, 60, 60, 20, 15, 60, 90, 60, 15, 6, 30, 60, 60, 30, 6, 1, 6, 15, 20, 15, 6, 1
Offset: 0
Examples
Prism begins (levels 1-4): 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 3 3 1 1 2 2 3 6 3 4 12 12 4 1 3 3 6 12 6 10 30 30 10 1 4 4 10 20 10 20 60 60 20
Links
- H. J. Brothers, Pascal's prism, The Mathematical Gazette, 96 (July 2012), 213-220.
- H. J. Brothers, Pascal's Prism: Supplementary Material
Crossrefs
Programs
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Mathematica
end = 5; Column/@Table[Multinomial[h, i-j, j], {h, 0, end}, {i, 0, end}, {j, 0, i}]
Formula
a_(h, i, j) = (h+i-2; h-1, i-j, j-1), h >= 1, i >= 1, 1 <= j <= i.
Recurrence:
For P_h, element a is given by: a_(1, 1) = 1; a_(i, j) = ((i+h-2)/(i-1)) (a_(i-1, j) + a_(i-1, j-1)).
Extensions
Keyword tabf by Michel Marcus, Oct 22 2017
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