A300391 The number of paths of length 8*n from the origin to the line y = 3*x/5 with unit east and north steps that stay below the line or touch it.
1, 7, 525, 58040, 7574994, 1084532963, 164734116407, 26070940600055, 4252443527211637, 709846349042619913, 120679177855928146859, 20822762876863605793639, 3637213213067542990001936, 641912742432770594132245835, 114287840570892852593437353124, 20502971288127330644273350110698
Offset: 0
Examples
For n=1, the possible walks are EEEEENNN, EEEENENN, EEEENNEN, EEENEENN, EEENENEN, EENEEENN, EENEENEN.
Links
- M. T. L. Bizley, Derivation of a new formula for the number of minimal lattice paths from (0, 0) to (km, kn) having just t contacts with the line my = nx and having no points above this line; and a proof of Grossman's formula for the number of paths which may touch but do not rise above this line, Journal of the Institute of Actuaries, Vol. 80, No. 1 (1954): 55-62. [Cached copy]
- Bryan Ek, Lattice Walk Enumeration, arXiv:1803.10920 [math.CO], 2018.
- Bryan Ek, Unimodal Polynomials and Lattice Walk Enumeration with Experimental Mathematics, arXiv:1804.05933 [math.CO], 2018.
Formula
G.f. f satisfies f = t^7*f^56 - 2*t^6*f^51 + t^6*f^50 - t^6*f^49 + 7*t^6*f^48 + t^5*f^46 - t^5*f^45 - 3*t^5*f^43 + 5*t^5*f^42 - 6*t^5*f^41 + 21*t^5*f^40 - 3*t^4*f^37 - 3*t^4*f^36 + 8*t^4*f^35 + 10*t^4*f^34 - 15*t^4*f^33 + 35*t^4*f^32 - 2*t^3*f^31 + 2*t^3*f^30 - 9*t^3*f^28 + 22*t^3*f^27 + 10*t^3*f^26 - 20*t^3*f^25 + 35*t^3*f^24 + 3*t^2*f^22 + 5*t^2*f^21 - 9*t^2*f^20 + 18*t^2*f^19 + 5*t^2*f^18 - 15*t^2*f^17 + t*(21*t + 1)*f^16 - t*f^15 + 3*t*f^13 - 3*t*f^12 + 5*t*f^11 + t*f^10 - 6*t*f^9 + 7*t*f^8 + 1.
From Peter Bala, Jan 03 2019: (Start)
O.g.f.: A(x) = exp( Sum_{n >= 1} (1/8)*binomial(8*n, 3*n)*x^n/n ) - Bizley.
Recurrence: a(0) = 1 and a(n) = (1/n) * Sum_{k = 0..n-1} (1/8)*binomial(8*n-8*k, 3*n-3*k)*a(k) for n >= 1. (End)
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