A309462 Limiting row sequence for Pascal-like triangle A140995 (Stepan's triangle with index of asymmetry s = 3).

1, 2, 4, 8, 17, 35, 72, 149, 308, 636, 1314, 2715, 5609, 11588, 23941, 49462, 102188, 211120, 436173, 901131, 1861732, 3846329, 7946496, 16417420, 33918306, 70075047, 144774689, 299103768, 617946857, 1276675050, 2637604132, 5449276664, 11258177753, 23259337731

Offset: 0

Author

Petros Hadjicostas, Aug 03 2019

Keywords

• nonn
• easy

Comments

In the attached photograph, we see that the index of asymmetry is denoted by s and the index of obliqueness by e. The general recurrence is G(n+s+2, k) = G(n+1, k-e*s+e-1) + Sum_{1 <= m <= s+1} G(n+m, k-e*s+m*e-2*e) for n >= 0 with k = 1..(n+1) when e = 0 and k = (s+1)..(n+s+1) when e = 1. The initial conditions are G(n+x+1, n-e*n+e*x-e+1) = 2^x for x=0..s and n >= 0. There is one more initial condition, namely, G(n, e*n) = 1 for n >= 0.

For s = 0, we get Pascal's triangle A007318. For s = 1, we get A140998 (e = 0) and A140993 (e = 1). For s = 2, we get A140997 (e = 0) and A140994 (e = 1). For s = 3, we get A140996 (e = 0) and A140995 (e = 1). For s = 4, we have arrays A141020 (with e = 0) and A141021 (with e = 1). In some of these arrays, the indices n and k are shifted.

For the triangular array G(n, k) = A140995(n, k), we have G(n, n) = G(n+1, 0) = 1, G(n+2, 1) = 2, G(n+3, 2) = 4, G(n+4, 3) = 8, and G(n+5, k) = G(n+1, k-3) + G(n+1, k-4) + G(n+2, k-3) + G(n+3, k-2) + G(n+4, k-1) for n >= 0 and k = 4..(n+4).

With G(n, k) = A140995(n, k), the current sequence (a(k): k >= 0) is defined by a(k) = lim_{n -> infinity} G(n, k) for k >= 0. Then a(k) = a(k-4) + 2*a(k-3) + a(k-2) + a(k-1) for k >= 4 with a(x) = 2^x for x = 0..3.

Links

• Juri-Stepan Gerasimov, Stepan's triangles and Pascal's triangle are connected by the recurrence relation ...

Crossrefs

Cf. A007318, A140993, A140994, A140995, A140996, A140997, A140998, A141020, A141021, A141031, A141065, A141066, A141067, A141068, A141069, A141070, A141072, A141073, A308808.

Formula

a(0) = 1, a(1) = 2, a(2) = 4, a(3) = 8, and a(k) = a(k-1) + a(k-2) + 2*a(k-3) + a(k-4) for k >= 4.

G.f.: (x^2 + x + 1)/(-x^4 - 2*x^3 - x^2 - x + 1).