A345908 Traces of the matrices (A345197) counting integer compositions by length and alternating sum.

1, 1, 0, 1, 3, 3, 6, 15, 24, 43, 92, 171, 315, 629, 1218, 2313, 4523, 8835, 17076, 33299, 65169

Offset: 0

Author

Gus Wiseman, Jul 26 2021

Keywords

• nonn
• more

Comments

The matrices (A345197) count the integer compositions of n of length k with alternating sum i, where 1 <= k <= n, and i ranges from -n + 2 to n in steps of 2. Here, the alternating sum of a sequence (y_1,...,y_k) is Sum_i (-1)^(i-1) y_i. So a(n) is the number of compositions of n of length (n + s)/2, where s is the alternating sum of the composition.

Examples

			The a(0) = 1 through a(7) = 15 compositions of n = 0..7 of length (n + s)/2 where s = alternating sum (empty column indicated by dot):
  ()  (1)  .  (2,1)  (2,2)    (2,3)    (2,4)      (2,5)
                     (1,1,2)  (1,2,2)  (1,3,2)    (1,4,2)
                     (2,1,1)  (2,2,1)  (2,3,1)    (2,4,1)
                                       (1,1,3,1)  (1,1,3,2)
                                       (2,1,2,1)  (1,2,3,1)
                                       (3,1,1,1)  (2,1,2,2)
                                                  (2,2,2,1)
                                                  (3,1,1,2)
                                                  (3,2,1,1)
                                                  (1,1,1,1,3)
                                                  (1,1,2,1,2)
                                                  (1,1,3,1,1)
                                                  (2,1,1,1,2)
                                                  (2,1,2,1,1)
                                                  (3,1,1,1,1)
		

Crossrefs

Traces of the matrices given by A345197.

Diagonals and antidiagonals of the same matrices are A346632 and A345907.

Row sums of A346632.

A011782 counts compositions.

A097805 counts compositions by alternating (or reverse-alternating) sum.

A103919 counts partitions by sum and alternating sum (reverse: A344612).

A316524 gives the alternating sum of prime indices (reverse: A344616).

Other diagonals are A008277 of A318393 and A055884 of A320808.

Compositions of n, 2n, or 2n+1 with alternating/reverse-alternating sum k:

- k = 0: counted by A088218, ranked by A344619/A344619.

- k = 1: counted by A000984, ranked by A345909/A345911.

- k = -1: counted by A001791, ranked by A345910/A345912.

- k = 2: counted by A088218, ranked by A345925/A345922.

- k = -2: counted by A002054, ranked by A345924/A345923.

- k >= 0: counted by A116406, ranked by A345913/A345914.

- k <= 0: counted by A058622(n-1), ranked by A345915/A345916.

- k > 0: counted by A027306, ranked by A345917/A345918.

- k < 0: counted by A294175, ranked by A345919/A345920.

- k != 0: counted by A058622, ranked by A345921/A345921.

- k even: counted by A081294, ranked by A053754/A053754.

- k odd: counted by A000302, ranked by A053738/A053738.

Cf. A000070, A000346, A001405, A007318, A008549, A025047, A114121, A163493.

Programs

Mathematica

ats[y_]:=Sum[(-1)^(i-1)*y[[i]],{i,Length[y]}];
Table[Length[Select[Join@@Permutations/@IntegerPartitions[n],Length[#]==(n+ats[#])/2&]],{n,0,15}]