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A329672 Number of meanders of length n with Motzkin-steps avoiding the consecutive steps UU.

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1, 2, 4, 9, 20, 46, 107, 252, 599, 1435, 3460, 8389, 20437, 49996, 122758, 302401, 747114, 1850696, 4595370, 11435380, 28513149, 71225270, 178219696, 446637759, 1120946389, 2817089354, 7088656546, 17858286741, 45039810918, 113711798916, 287369435649, 726905294670, 1840328917065
Offset: 0

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Valerie Roitner, Nov 26 2019

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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 2 avoiding UU, namely UH, UD, HU and HH.

Crossrefs

Cf. A004148 (shifted by 1) which counts excursions avoiding consecutive UU steps. See also A329673 and A329674 which count meanders avoiding consecutive HH and DD respectively.

Formula

G.f.: -(1+t)*(1-t-3*t^2-sqrt(1-2*t-t^2-2*t^3+t^4))/(2*t^2*(1-2*t-2*t^2)).
D-finite with recurrence (n+2)*a(n) +(-3*n-5)*a(n-1) +(-3*n+2)*a(n-2) +(5*n+2)*a(n-3) +(11*n-19)*a(n-4) +(9*n-32)*a(n-5) +2*a(n-6) +2*(-n+6)*a(n-7)=0. - R. J. Mathar, Jan 25 2023

A329673 Number of meanders of length n with Motzkin-steps avoiding the consecutive steps HH.

Original entry on oeis.org

1, 2, 4, 10, 24, 60, 152, 388, 1000, 2592, 6752, 17664, 46368, 122080, 322240, 852464, 2259552, 5999552, 15954560, 42486592, 113282048, 302386304, 807999744, 2161077120, 5785032448, 15498450944, 41551965184, 111478804480, 299274439680, 803905119232, 2160632498176, 5810087371520
Offset: 0

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Valerie Roitner, Nov 26 2019

Keywords

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 2 avoiding HH, namely UU, UH, UD and HU.

Crossrefs

Cf. A104545 which counts excursions avoiding consecutive HH steps. Cf. A329672 and A329674 which count meanders avoiding consecutive UU and DD respectively.

Formula

G.f.: -(1-2*t-2*t^2-sqrt(1-4*t^2-8*t^3-4*t^4))/(2*t*(1-2*t-2*t^2)).
D-finite with recurrence (n+1)*a(n) -2*a(n-1) -4*n*a(n-2) +8*(-n+2)*a(n-3) +4*(-n+3)*a(n-4)=0. - R. J. Mathar, Jan 25 2023
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