A322325 Number of nondecreasing Motzkin paths of length n.
1, 1, 2, 4, 9, 21, 49, 115, 269, 630, 1474, 3450, 8073, 18893, 44212, 103465, 242125, 566617, 1325982, 3103035, 7261648, 16993545, 39767898, 93063924, 217786044, 509657890, 1192689641, 2791104828, 6531679192, 15285285161, 35770272112, 83708766611, 195893326791
Offset: 0
Examples
For n=6 we have 49 paths. Among the A001006(6) = 51 Motzkin paths, the following two paths are not nondecreasing Motzkin paths: UHUDDH and UUDHDH.
Links
- R. Flórez and J. L. Ramírez, Some enumerations on non-decreasing Motzkin paths, Australasian Journal of Combinatorics, 72(1) (2018), 138-154.
- Index entries for linear recurrences with constant coefficients, signature (2,2,-3,0,1)
Programs
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Mathematica
LinearRecurrence[{2, 2, -3, 0, 1}, {1, 1, 2, 4, 9}, 40] (* Amiram Eldar, Dec 03 2018 *)
Formula
a(n) = 2*a(n-1) + 2*a(n-2) - 3*a(n-3) + a(n-5), a(0)=1, a(1)=1, a(2)=2, a(3)=4, a(4)=9.
G.f.: (x^3 - 2*x^2 - x + 1)/(1 - 2*x - 2*x^2 + 3*x^3 - x^5).