A329669 Number of meanders of length n with Motzkin-steps avoiding the consecutive steps HH and DD.

1, 2, 4, 10, 23, 54, 129, 307, 733, 1757, 4213, 10115, 24315, 58481, 140741, 338890, 816304, 1966929, 4740758, 11428851, 27557585, 66458601, 160295262, 386671056, 932839439, 2250660384, 5430575647, 13104191607, 31622724351, 76314992880, 184178642468, 444513674334, 1072865869705

Offset: 0

Author

Valerie Roitner, Nov 25 2019

Keywords

• nonn
• walk

Comments

The Motzkin step set is U=(1,1), H=(1,0) and D=(1,-1). A meander is a path starting at (0,0) and never crossing the x-axis, i.e., staying at nonnegative altitude.

Examples

			a(2)=4 since we have 4 meanders of length two avoiding HH and DD, namely UU, UH, UD and HU.
		

Crossrefs

See also A329666, which counts excursions with same restrictions.

Cf. A329667, A329665 (meanders avoiding other sets of step sequences of length 2).

Formula

G.f.: (1/2)*(-t^3 - 3*t^2 - sqrt(t^6 + 2*t^5 - 3*t^4 - 6*t^3 - 2*t^2 + 1) - 2*t + 1)/((t^3 + 3*t^2 + t - 1)*t).