A191897 Coefficients of the Z(n,x) polynomials; Z(0,x) = 1, Z(1,x) = x and Z(n,x) = x*Z(n-1,x) - 2*Z(n-2,x), n >= 2.

1, 1, 0, 1, 0, -2, 1, 0, -4, 0, 1, 0, -6, 0, 4, 1, 0, -8, 0, 12, 0, 1, 0, -10, 0, 24, 0, -8, 1, 0, -12, 0, 40, 0, -32, 0, 1, 0, -14, 0, 60, 0, -80, 0, 16, 1, 0, -16, 0, 84, 0, -160, 0, 80, 0, 1, 0, -18, 0, 112, 0, -280, 0, 240, 0, -32

Offset: 0

Author

Paul Curtz, Jun 19 2011

Keywords

• sign
• tabl

Comments

The coefficients of the Z(n,x) polynomials by decreasing exponents, see the formulas, define this triangle.

Examples

			The first few rows of the coefficients of the Z(n,x) are
  1;
  1,    0;
  1,    0,   -2;
  1,    0,   -4,    0;
  1,    0,   -6,    0,    4;
  1,    0,   -8,    0,   12,    0;
  1,    0,  -10,    0,   24,    0,   -8;
  1,    0,  -12,    0,   40,    0,  -32,    0;
  1,    0,  -14,    0,   60,    0,  -80,    0,   16;
  1,    0,  -16,    0,   84,    0, -160,    0,   80,    0;
		

Crossrefs

Row sums: A107920(n+1). Main diagonal: A077966(n).

Z(n,x=1) = A107920(n+1), Z(n,x=2) = A009545(n+1),

Z(n,x=3) = A000225(n+1), Z(n,x=4) = A007070(n),

Z(n,x=5) = A107839(n), Z(n,x=6) = A154244(n),

Z(n,x=7) = A186446(n), Z(n,x=8) = A190975(n+1),

Z(n,x=9) = A190979(n+1), Z(n,x=10) = A190869(n+1).

Row sum without sign: A113405(n+1).

Cf. A128099, A013609.

Programs

Maple

nmax:=10: Z(0, x):=1 : Z(1, x):=x: for n from 2 to nmax do Z(n, x) := x*Z(n-1, x) - 2*Z(n-2, x) od: for n from 0 to nmax do for k from 0 to n do T(n, k) := coeff(Z(n, x), x, n-k) od: od: seq(seq(T(n, k), k=0..n), n=0..nmax); # Johannes W. Meijer, Jun 27 2011, revised Nov 29 2012

Mathematica

a[n_, k_] := If[OddQ[k], 0, 2^(k/2)*Coefficient[ ChebyshevU[n, x/2], x, n-k]]; Flatten[ Table[ a[n, k], {n, 0, 10}, {k, 0, n}]] (* Jean-François Alcover, Aug 02 2012, from 2nd formula *)

Formula

Z(0,x) = 1, Z(1,x) = x and Z(n,x) = x*Z(n-1,x) - 2*Z(n-2,x), n >= 2.

a(n,k) = A077957(k) * A053119(n,k). - Paul Curtz, Sep 30 2011

Extensions

Edited and information added by Johannes W. Meijer, Jun 27 2011