A190163 Number of subwords of type dh^ju (j>=1), where u=(1,1), h=(1,0), and d=(1,-1), in all peakless Motzkin paths of length n (can be easily expressed using RNA secondary structure terminology).
0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 5, 18, 58, 174, 500, 1399, 3843, 10421, 27997, 74699, 198267, 524135, 1381261, 3631068, 9526568, 24954538, 65283648, 170610003, 445484163, 1162396269, 3031267533, 7901082379, 20586262763, 53620039074, 139624131310, 363495081689, 946147596489, 2462387385085
Offset: 0
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Examples
a(7)=1 because among the 37 (=A004148(7)) peakless Motzkin paths of length 7 only uh(dhu)hd has a subword of the prescribed type (shown between parentheses).
Programs
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Maple
eq := g = 1+z*g+z^2*g*(g-1): g := RootOf(eq, g): G := z^5*g^2*(g-1)^2/((1-z)*(1-z^2*g^2)): Gser := series(G, z = 0, 38): seq(coeff(Gser, z, n), n = 0 .. 35);
Formula
G.f.: G(z)=z^5*g^2*(g-1)^2/[(1-z)(1-z^2*g^2)], where g=1+zg+z^2*g(g-1).
Conjecture D-finite with recurrence -4*(n+1)*(n-7)*a(n) +(13*n^2-85*n+28)*a(n-1) +(-7*n^2+52*n-41)*a(n-2) +(5*n^2-41*n+67)*a(n-3) +(-13*n^2+103*n-197)*a(n-4) +(7*n-29)*(n-5)*a(n-5) -(n-5)*(n-6)*a(n-6)=0. - R. J. Mathar, Jul 22 2022
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