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%I A242820 #14 Mar 23 2021 16:13:13 %S A242820 1,1,2,6,24,116,4,672,48,4536,504,34944,5376,302896,59488,496,2916992, %T A242820 697856,13952,30899616,8720448,296736,357080064,116109312,5812224, %U A242820 4470310976,1645662912,110697408,349504,60269056512,24776769024,2114735616,17730048 %N A242820 Number T(n,k) of permutations of [n] with exactly k occurrences of the consecutive step pattern up, down, down, down; triangle T(n,k), n>=0, 0<=k<=max(0,floor((n-1)/4)), read by rows. %H A242820 Alois P. Heinz, <a href="/A242820/b242820.txt">Rows n = 0..140, flattened</a> %e A242820 T(5,1) = 4: (1,5,4,3,2), (2,5,4,3,1), (3,5,4,2,1), (4,5,3,2,1). %e A242820 Triangle T(n,k) begins: %e A242820 : 0 : 1; %e A242820 : 1 : 1; %e A242820 : 2 : 2; %e A242820 : 3 : 6; %e A242820 : 4 : 24; %e A242820 : 5 : 116, 4; %e A242820 : 6 : 672, 48; %e A242820 : 7 : 4536, 504; %e A242820 : 8 : 34944, 5376; %e A242820 : 9 : 302896, 59488, 496; %e A242820 : 10 : 2916992, 697856, 13952; %e A242820 : 11 : 30899616, 8720448, 296736; %p A242820 b:= proc(u, o, t) option remember; `if`(u+o=0, 1, expand( %p A242820 add(b(u-j, o+j-1, [1, 3, 4, 1][t])*`if`(t=4, x, 1), j=1..u)+ %p A242820 add(b(u+j-1, o-j, 2), j=1..o))) %p A242820 end: %p A242820 T:= n-> (p-> seq(coeff(p, x, i), i=0..degree(p)))(b(n, 0, 1)): %p A242820 seq(T(n), n=0..15); %t A242820 b[u_, o_, t_] := b[u, o, t] = If[u + o == 0, 1, Expand[ %t A242820 Sum[b[u - j, o + j - 1, {1, 3, 4, 1}[[t]]]*If[t==4, x, 1], {j, 1, u}]+ %t A242820 Sum[b[u + j - 1, o - j, 2], {j, 1, o}]]]; %t A242820 T[n_] := CoefficientList[b[n, 0, 1], x]; %t A242820 T /@ Range[0, 15] // Flatten (* _Jean-François Alcover_, Mar 23 2021, after _Alois P. Heinz_ *) %Y A242820 Column k=0 gives A177518. %Y A242820 Row sums give: A000142. %Y A242820 Cf. A242783, A242784, A295987. %K A242820 nonn,tabf %O A242820 0,3 %A A242820 _Alois P. Heinz_, May 23 2014