cp's OEIS Frontend

The brown rat (rattus norwegicus) breeds very quickly. It can give birth to other rats 7 times a year, starting at the age of three months. The average number of pups is 8. The present sequence gives the total number of rats, when the intervals are 12/7 of a year and a young rat starts having offspring at 24/7 of a year. - Hans Isdahl, Jan 26 2008

Numbers n such that tau(n) is odd where tau(x) denotes the Ramanujan tau function (A000594). - Benoit Cloitre, May 01 2003

If Y is a fixed 2-subset of a (2n+1)-set X then a(n-1) is the number of 3-subsets of X intersecting Y. - Milan Janjic, Oct 21 2007

Binomial transform of [1, 8, 8, 0, 0, 0, ...]; Narayana transform (A001263) of [1, 8, 0, 0, 0, ...]. - Gary W. Adamson, Dec 29 2007

All terms of this sequence are of the form 8k+1. For numbers 8k+1 which aren't squares see A138393. Numbers 8k+1 are squares iff k is a triangular number from A000217. And squares have form 4n(n+1)+1. - Artur Jasinski, Mar 27 2008

Sequence arises from reading the line from 1, in the direction 1, 25, ... and the line from 9, in the direction 9, 49, ..., in the square spiral whose vertices are the squares A000290. - Omar E. Pol, May 24 2008

Equals the triangular numbers convolved with [1, 6, 1, 0, 0, 0, ...]. - Gary W. Adamson & Alexander R. Povolotsky, May 29 2009

First differences: A008590(n) = a(n) - a(n-1) for n>0. - Reinhard Zumkeller, Nov 08 2009

Central terms of the triangle in A176271; cf. A000466, A053755. - Reinhard Zumkeller, Apr 13 2010

Odd numbers with odd abundance. Odd numbers with even abundance are in A088828. Even numbers with odd abundance are in A088827. Even numbers with even abundance are in A088829. - Jaroslav Krizek, May 07 2011

Appear as numerators in the non-simple continued fraction expansion of Pi-3: Pi-3 = K_{k>=1} (1-2*k)^2/6 = 1/(6+9/(6+25/(6+49/(6+...)))), see also the comment in A007509. - Alexander R. Povolotsky, Oct 12 2011

Ulam's spiral (SE spoke). - Robert G. Wilson v, Oct 31 2011

All terms end in 1, 5 or 9. Modulo 100, all terms are among { 1, 9, 21, 25, 29, 41, 49, 61, 69, 81, 89 }. - M. F. Hasler, Mar 19 2012

Right edge of both triangles A214604 and A214661: a(n) = A214604(n+1,n+1) = A214661(n+1,n+1). - Reinhard Zumkeller, Jul 25 2012

Also: Odd numbers which have an odd sum of divisors (= sigma = A000203). - M. F. Hasler, Feb 23 2013

Consider primitive Pythagorean triangles (a^2 + b^2 = c^2, gcd(a, b) = 1) with hypotenuse c (A020882) and respective even leg b (A231100); sequence gives values c-b, sorted with duplicates removed. - K. G. Stier, Nov 04 2013

For n>1 a(n) is twice the area of the irregular quadrilateral created by the points ((n-2)*(n-1),(n-1)*n/2), ((n-1)*n/2,n*(n+1)/2), ((n+1)*(n+2)/2,n*(n+1)/2), and ((n+2)*(n+3)/2,(n+1)*(n+2)/2). - J. M. Bergot, May 27 2014

Number of pairs (x, y) of Z^2, such that max(abs(x), abs(y)) <= n. - Michel Marcus, Nov 28 2014

Except for a(1)=4, the number of active (ON, black) cells in n-th stage of growth of two-dimensional cellular automaton defined by "Rule 737", based on the 5-celled von Neumann neighborhood. - Robert Price, May 23 2016

a(n) is the sum of 2n+1 consecutive numbers, the first of which is n+1. - Ivan N. Ianakiev, Dec 21 2016

a(n) is the number of 2 X 2 matrices with all elements in {0..n} with determinant = 2*permanent. - Indranil Ghosh, Dec 25 2016

Engel expansion of Pi*StruveL_0(1)/2 where StruveL_0(1) is A197037. - Benedict W. J. Irwin, Jun 21 2018

Consider all Pythagorean triples (X,Y,Z=Y+1) ordered by increasing Z; the segments on the hypotenuse {p = a(n)/A001844(n), q = A060300(n)/A001844(n) = A001844(n) - p} and their ratio p/q = a(n)/A060300(n) are irreducible fractions in Q\Z. X values are A005408, Y values are A046092, Z values are A001844. - Ralf Steiner, Feb 25 2020

a(n) is the number of large or small squares that are used to tile primitive squares of type 2 (A344332). - Bernard Schott, Jun 03 2021

Also, positive odd integers with an odd number of odd divisors (for similar sequence with 'even', see A348005). - Bernard Schott, Nov 21 2021

a(n) is the least odd number k = x + y, with 0 < x < y, such that there are n distinct pairs (x,y) for which x*y/k is an integer; for example, a(2) = 25 and the two corresponding pairs are (5,20) and (10,15). The similar sequence with 'even' is A016742 (see Comment of Jan 26 2018). - Bernard Schott, Feb 24 2023

From Peter Bala, Jan 03 2024: (Start)

The sequence terms are the exponents of q in the series expansions of the following infinite products:

1) q*Product_{n >= 1} (1 - q^(16*n))*(1 + q^(8*n)) = q + q^9 + q^25 + q^49 + q^81 + q^121 + q^169 + ....

2) q*Product_{n >= 1} (1 + q^(16*n))*(1 - q^(8*n)) = q - q^9 - q^25 + q^49 + q^81 - q^121 - q^169 + + - - ....

3) q*Product_{n >= 1} (1 - q^(8*n))^3 = q - 3*q^9 + 5*q^25 - 7*q^49 + 9*q^81 - 11*q^121 + 13*q^169 - + ....

4) q*Product_{n >= 1} ( (1 + q^(8*n))*(1 - q^(16*n))/(1 + q^(16*n)) )^3 = q + 3*q^9 - 5*q^25 - 7*q^49 + 9*q^81 + 11*q^121 - 13*q^169 - 15*q^225 + + - - .... (End)

Total number of permutations of all subsets of an n-set.

Also the number of one-to-one sequences that can be formed from n distinct objects.

Old name "Total number of permutations of a set with n elements", or the same with the word "arrangements", both sound too much like A000142.

Related to number of operations of addition and multiplication to evaluate a determinant of order n by cofactor expansion - see A026243.

a(n) is also the number of paths (without loops) in the complete graph on n+2 vertices starting at one vertex v1 and ending at another v2. Example: when n=2 there are 5 paths in the complete graph with 4 vertices starting at the vertex 1 and ending at the vertex 2: (12),(132),(142),(1342),(1432) so a(2) = 5. - Avi Peretz (njk(AT)netvision.net.il), Feb 23 2001; comment corrected by Jonathan Coxhead, Mar 21 2003

Also row sums of Table A008279, which can be generated by taking the derivatives of x^k. For example, for y = 1*x^3, y' = 3x^2, y" = 6x, y'''= 6 so a(4) = 1 + 3 + 6 + 6 = 16. - Alford Arnold, Dec 15 1999

a(n) is the permanent of the n X n matrix with 2s on the diagonal and 1s elsewhere. - Yuval Dekel, Nov 01 2003

(A000166 + this_sequence)/2 = A009179, (A000166 - this_sequence)/2 = A009628.

Stirling transform of A006252(n-1) = [1,1,1,2,4,14,38,...] is a(n-1) = [1,2,5,16,65,...]. - Michael Somos, Mar 04 2004

Number of {12,12*,21*}- and {12,12*,2*1}-avoiding signed permutations in the hyperoctahedral group.

a(n) = b such that Integral_{x=0..1} x^n*exp(-x) dx = a-b*exp(-1). - Sébastien Dumortier, Mar 05 2005

a(n) is the number of permutations on [n+1] whose left-to-right record lows all occur at the start. Example: a(2) counts all permutations on [3] except 231 (the last entry is a record low but its predecessor is not). - David Callan, Jul 20 2005

a(n) is the number of permutations on [n+1] that avoid the (scattered) pattern 1-2-3|. The vertical bar means the "3" must occur at the end of the permutation. For example, 21354 is not counted by a(4): 234 is an offending subpermutation. - David Callan, Nov 02 2005

Number of deco polyominoes of height n+1 having no reentrant corners along the lower contour (i.e., no vertical step that is followed by a horizontal step). In other words, a(n)=A121579(n+1,0). A deco polyomino is a directed column-convex polyomino in which the height, measured along the diagonal, is attained only in the last column. Example: a(1)=2 because the only deco polyominoes of height 2 are the vertical and horizontal dominoes, having no reentrant corners along their lower contours. - Emeric Deutsch, Aug 16 2006

Unreduced numerators of partial sums of the Taylor series for e. - Jonathan Sondow, Aug 18 2006

a(n) is the number of permutations on [n+1] (written in one-line notation) for which the subsequence beginning at 1 is increasing. Example: a(2)=5 counts 123, 213, 231, 312, 321. - David Callan, Oct 06 2006

a(n) is the number of permutations (written in one-line notation) on the set [n + k], k >= 1, for which the subsequence beginning at 1,2,...,k is increasing. Example: n = 2, k = 2. a(2) = 5 counts 1234, 3124, 3412, 4123, 4312. - Peter Bala, Jul 29 2014

a(n) and (1,-2,3,-4,5,-6,7,...) form a reciprocal pair under the list partition transform and associated operations described in A133314. - Tom Copeland, Nov 01 2007

Consider the subsets of the set {1,2,3,...,n} formed by the first n integers. E.g., for n = 3 we have {}, {1}, {2}, {3}, {1,2}, {1,3}, {2,3}, {1,2,3}. Let the variable sbst denote a subset. For each subset sbst we determine its number of parts, that is nprts(sbst). The sum over all possible subsets is written as Sum_{sbst=subsets}. Then a(n) = Sum_{sbst=subsets} nprts(sbst)!. E.g., for n = 3 we have 1!+1!+1!+1!+2!+2!+2!+3!=16. - Thomas Wieder, Jun 17 2006

Equals row sums of triangle A158359(unsigned). - Gary W. Adamson, Mar 17 2009

Equals eigensequence of triangle A158821. - Gary W. Adamson, Mar 30 2009

For positive n, equals 1/BarnesG(n+1) times the determinant of the n X n matrix whose (i,j)-coefficient is the (i+j)th Bell number. - John M. Campbell, Oct 03 2011

a(n) is the number of n X n binary matrices with i) at most one 1 in each row and column and ii) the subset of rows that contain a 1 must also be the columns that contain a 1. Cf. A002720 where restriction ii is removed. - Geoffrey Critzer, Dec 20 2011

Number of restricted growth strings (RGS) [d(1),d(2),...,d(n)] such that d(k) <= k and d(k) <= 1 + (number of nonzero digits in prefix). The positions of nonzero digits determine the subset, and their values (decreased by 1) are the (left) inversion table (a rising factorial number) for the permutation, see example. - Joerg Arndt, Dec 09 2012

Number of a restricted growth strings (RGS) [d(0), d(1), d(2), ..., d(n)] where d(k) >= 0 and d(k) <= 1 + chg([d(0), d(1), d(2), ..., d(k-1)]) and chg(.) gives the number of changes of its argument. Replacing the function chg(.) by a function asc(.) that counts the ascents in the prefix gives A022493 (ascent sequences). - Joerg Arndt, May 10 2013

The sequence t(n) = number of i <= n such that floor(e*i!) is a square is mentioned in the abstract of Luca & Shparlinski. The values are t(n) = 0 for 0 <= n <= 2 and t(n) = 1 for at least 3 <= n <= 300. - R. J. Mathar, Jan 16 2014

a(n) = p(n,1) = q(n,1), where p and q are polynomials defined at A248664 and A248669. - Clark Kimberling, Oct 11 2014

a(n) is the number of ways at most n people can queue up at a (slow) ticket counter when one or more of the people may choose not to queue up. Note that there are C(n,k) sets of k people who quene up and k! ways to queue up. Since k can run from 0 to n, a(n) = Sum_{k=0..n} n!/(n-k)! = Sum_{k=0..n} n!/k!. For example, if n=3 and the people are A(dam), B(eth), and C(arl), a(3)=16 since there are 16 possible lineups: ABC, ACB, BAC, BCA, CAB, CBA, AB, BA, AC, CA, BC, CB, A, B, C, and empty queue. - Dennis P. Walsh, Oct 02 2015

As the row sums of A008279, Motzkin uses the abbreviated notation $n_<^\Sigma$ for a(n).

The piecewise polynomial function f defined by f(x) = a(n)*x^n/n! on each interval [ 1-1/a(n), 1-1/a(n+1) ) is continuous on [0,1) and lim_{x->1} f(x) = e. - Luc Rousseau, Oct 15 2019

a(n) is composite for 3 <= n <= 2015, but a(2016) is prime (or at least a strong pseudoprime): see Johansson link. - Robert Israel, Jul 27 2020 [a(2016) is prime, ECPP certificate generated with CM 0.4.3 and checked by factordb. - Jason H Parker, Jun 15 2025]

In general, sequences of the form a(0)=a, a(n) = n*a(n-1) + k, n>0, will have a closed form of n!*a + floor(n!*(e-1))*k. - Gary Detlefs, Oct 26 2020

From Peter Bala, Apr 03 2022: (Start)

a(2*n) is odd and a(2*n+1) is even. More generally, a(n+k) == a(n) (mod k) for all n and k. It follows that for each positive integer k, the sequence obtained by reducing a(n) modulo k is periodic, with the exact period dividing k. Various divisibility properties of the sequence follow from this; for example, a(5*n+2) == a(5*n+4) == 0 (mod 5), a(25*n+7) == a(25*n+19) == 0 (mod 25) and a(13*n+4) == a(13*n+10)== a(13*n+12) == 0 (mod 13). (End)

Number of possible ranking options on a typical ranked choice voting ballot with n candidates (allowing undervotes). - P. Christopher Staecker, May 05 2024

From Thomas Scheuerle, Dec 28 2024: (Start)

Number of decorated permutations of size n.

Number of Le-diagrams with bounding box semiperimeter n, for n > 0.

By counting over all k = 1..n and n > 0, the number of positroid cells for the totally nonnegative real Grassmannian Gr(k, n), equivalently the number of Grassmann necklaces of type (k, n). (End)

Newton calculated the first 16 terms of this sequence.

Area bounded by y = tan x, y = cot x, y = 0. - Clark Kimberling, Jun 26 2020

Choose four values independently and uniformly at random from the unit interval [0,1]. Sort them, and label them a,b,c,d from least to greatest (so that a b^2+c^2. - Akiva Weinberger, Dec 02 2024

Define the trihyperboloid to be the intersection of the three solid hyperboloids x^2+y^2-z^2<1, x^2-y^2+z^2<1, and -x^2+y^2+z^2<1. This fits perfectly within the cube [-1,1]^3. Then this is the ratio of the volume of the trihyperboloid to its bounding cube. - Akiva Weinberger, Dec 02 2024

In the Formula section, some contributors use T(n,k) = D(n-k, k) (for 0 <= k <= n), which is the triangular version of the square array (D(n,k): n,k >= 0). Conversely, D(n,k) = T(n+k,k) for n,k >= 0. - Petros Hadjicostas, Aug 05 2020

Also called the tribonacci triangle [Alladi and Hoggatt (1977)]. - N. J. A. Sloane, Mar 23 2014

D(n,k) is the number of lattice paths from (0,0) to (n,k) using steps (1,0), (0,1), (1,1). - Joerg Arndt, Jul 01 2011 [Corrected by N. J. A. Sloane, May 30 2020]

Or, triangle read by rows of coefficients of polynomials P[n](x) defined by P[0] = 1, P[1] = x+1; for n >= 2, P[n] = (x+1)*P[n-1] + x*P[n-2].

D(n, k) is the number of k-matchings of a comb-like graph with n+k teeth. Example: D(1, 3) = 7 because the graph consisting of a horizontal path ABCD and the teeth Aa, Bb, Cc, Dd has seven 3-matchings: four triples of three teeth and the three triples {Aa, Bb, CD}, {Aa, Dd, BC}, {Cc, Dd, AB}. Also D(3, 1)=7, the 1-matchings of the same graph being the seven edges: {AB}, {BC}, {CD}, {Aa}, {Bb}, {Cc}, {Dd}. - Emeric Deutsch, Jul 01 2002

Sum of n-th antidiagonal of the array D is A000129(n+1). - Reinhard Zumkeller, Dec 03 2004 [Edited by Petros Hadjicostas, Aug 05 2020 so that the counting of antidiagonals of D starts at n = 0. That is, the sum of the terms in the n-th row of the triangles T is A000129(n+1).]

The A-sequence for this Riordan type triangle (see one of Paul Barry's comments under Formula) is A112478 and the Z-sequence the trivial: {1, 0, 0, 0, ...}. See the W. Lang link under A006232 for Sheffer a- and z-sequences where also Riordan A- and Z-sequences are explained. This leads to the recurrence for the triangle given below. - Wolfdieter Lang, Jan 21 2008

The triangle or chess sums, see A180662 for their definitions, link the Delannoy numbers with twelve different sequences, see the crossrefs. All sums come in pairs due to the symmetrical nature of this triangle. The knight sums Kn14 and Kn15 have been added. It is remarkable that all knight sums are related to the tribonacci numbers, that is, A000073 and A001590, but none of the others. - Johannes W. Meijer, Sep 22 2010

This sequence, A008288, is jointly generated with A035607 as an array of coefficients of polynomials u(n,x): initially, u(1,x) = v(1,x) = 1; for n > 1, u(n,x) = x*u(n-1,x) + v(n-1) and v(n,x) = 2*x*u(n-1,x) + v(n-1,x). See the Mathematica section. - Clark Kimberling, Mar 09 2012

Row n, for n > 0, of Roger L. Bagula's triangle in the Example section shows the coefficients of the polynomial u(n) = c(0) + c(1)*x + ... + c(n)*x^n which is the numerator of the n-th convergent of the continued fraction [k, k, k, ...], where k = sqrt(x) + 1/sqrt(x); see A230000. - Clark Kimberling, Nov 13 2013

In an n-dimensional hypercube lattice, D(n,k) gives the number of nodes situated at a Minkowski (Manhattan) distance of k from a given node. In cellular automata theory, the cells at Manhattan distance k are called the von Neumann neighborhood of radius k. For k=1, see A005843. - Dmitry Zaitsev, Dec 10 2015

These numbers appear as the coefficients of series relating spherical and bispherical harmonics, in the solutions of Laplace's equation in 3D. [Majic 2019, Eq. 22] - Matt Majic, Nov 24 2019

From Peter Bala, Feb 19 2020: (Start)

The following remarks assume an offset of 1 in the row and column indices of the triangle.

The sequence of row polynomials T(n,x), beginning with T(1,x) = x, T(2,x) = x + x^2, T(3,x) = x + 3*x^2 + x^3, ..., is a strong divisibility sequence of polynomials in the ring Z[x]; that is, for all positive integers n and m, poly_gcd(T(n,x), T(m,x)) = T(gcd(n, m), x) - apply Norfleet (2005), Theorem 3. Consequently, the sequence (T(n,x): n >= 1) is a divisibility sequence in the polynomial ring Z[x]; that is, if n divides m then T(n,x) divides T(m,x) in Z[x].

Let S(x) = 1 + 2*x + 6*x^2 + 22*x^3 + ... denote the o.g.f. for the large Schröder numbers A006318. The power series (x*S(x))^n, n = 2, 3, 4, ..., can be expressed as a linear combination with polynomial coefficients of S(x) and 1: (x*S(x))^n = T(n-1,-x) - T(n,-x)*S(x). The result can be extended to negative integer n if we define T(0,x) = 0 and T(-n,x) = (-1)^(n+1) * T(n,x)/x^n. Cf. A115139.

[In the previous two paragraphs, D(n,x) was replaced with T(n,x) because the contributor is referring to the rows of the triangle T(n,k), not the rows of the array D(n,k). - Petros Hadjicostas, Aug 05 2020] (End)

Named after the French amateur mathematician Henri-Auguste Delannoy (1833-1915). - Amiram Eldar, Apr 15 2021

D(i,j) = D(j,i). With this and Dmitry Zaitsev's Dec 10 2015 comment, D(i,j) can be considered the number of points at L1 distance <= i in Z^j or the number of points at L1 distance <= j in Z^i from any given point. The rows and columns of D(i,j) are the crystal ball sequences on cubic lattices. See the first example below. The n-th term in the k-th crystal ball sequence can be considered the number of points at distance <= n from any point in a k-dimensional cubic lattice, or the number of points at distance <= k from any point in an n-dimensional cubic lattice. - Shel Kaphan, Jan 01 2023 and Jan 07 2023

Dimensions of hom spaces Hom(R^{(i)}, R^{(j)}) in the Delannoy category attached to the oligomorphic group of order preserving self-bijections of the real line. - Noah Snyder, Mar 22 2023

The A_n lattice consists of all vectors v = (x_1,...,x_(n+1)) in Z^(n+1) such that x_1 + ... + x_(n+1) = 0. The lattice is equipped with the norm ||v|| = 1/2*(|x_1| + ... + |x_(n+1)|). Pairs of lattice points (v,w) in the product lattice A_n x A_n have norm ||(v,w)|| = ||v|| + ||w||. Then the k-th term in the crystal ball sequence for the A_n x A_n lattice gives the number of such pairs (v,w) for which ||(v,w)|| is less than or equal to k.

This array has a remarkable relationship with Apery's constant zeta(3). The row (or column) and main diagonal entries of the array occur in series acceleration formulas for zeta(3). For row n entries there holds zeta(3) = (1+1/2^3+...+1/n^3) + Sum_{k >= 1} 1/(k^3*T(n,k-1)*T(n,k)). Also, as consequence of Apery's proof of the irrationality of zeta(3), we have a series acceleration formula along the main diagonal of the table: zeta(3) = 6 * sum {n >= 1} 1/(n^3*T(n-1,n-1)*T(n,n)). Apery's result appears to generalize to the other diagonals of the table. Calculation suggests the following result may hold: zeta(3) = 1 + 1/2^3 + ... + 1/k^3 + Sum_{n >= 1} (2*n+k)*(3*n^2 +3*n*k +k^2)/(n^3*(n+k)^3*T(n-1,n+k-1)*T(n,n+k)).

For the corresponding results for the constant zeta(2), related to the crystal ball sequences of the lattices A_n, see A108625. For corresponding results for log(2), coming from either the crystal ball sequences of the hypercubic lattices A_1 x ... x A_1 or the lattices of type C_n, see A008288 and A142992 respectively.

Compare to the corresponding array A108553 of crystal ball sequences for D_n lattice.

From Peter Bala, Jul 18 2008: (Start)

Row reverse of A099608.

This array has a remarkable relationship with the constant zeta(2). The row, column and diagonal entries of the array occur in series acceleration formulas for zeta(2).

For the entries in row n we have zeta(2) = 2*(1 - 1/2^2 + 1/3^2 - ... + (-1)^(n+1)/n^2) + (-1)^n*Sum_{k >= 1} 1/(k^2*T(n,k-1)*T(n,k)). For example, n = 4 gives zeta(2) = 2*(1 - 1/4 + 1/9 - 1/16) + 1/(1*21) + 1/(4*21*131) + 1/(9*131*471) + ... . See A142995 for further details.

For the entries in column k we have zeta(2) = (1 + 1/4 + 1/9 + ... + 1/k^2) + 2*Sum_{n >= 1} (-1)^(n+1)/(n^2*T(n-1,k)*T(n,k)). For example, k = 4 gives zeta(2) = (1 + 1/4 + 1/9 + 1/16) + 2*(1/(1*9) - 1/(4*9*61) + 1/(9*61*309) - ... ). See A142999 for further details.

Also, as consequence of Apery's proof of the irrationality of zeta(2), we have a series acceleration formula along the main diagonal of the table: zeta(2) = 5 * Sum_{n >= 1} (-1)^(n+1)/(n^2*T(n,n)*T(n-1,n-1)) = 5*(1/3 - 1/(2^2*3*19) + 1/(3^2*19*147) - ...).

There also appear to be series acceleration results along other diagonals. For example, for the main subdiagonal, calculation supports the result zeta(2) = 2 - Sum_{n >= 1} (-1)^(n+1)*(n^2+(2*n+1)^2)/(n^2*(n+1)^2*T(n,n-1)*T(n+1,n)) = 2 - 10/(2^2*7) + 29/(6^2*7*55) - 58/(12^2*55*471) + ..., while for the main superdiagonal we appear to have zeta(2) = 1 + Sum_{n >= 1} (-1)^(n+1)*((n+1)^2 + (2*n+1)^2)/(n^2*(n+1)^2*T(n-1,n)*T(n,n+1)) = 1 + 13/(2^2*5) - 34/(6^2*5*37) + 65/(12^2*37*309) - ... .

Similar series acceleration results hold for Apery's constant zeta(3) involving the crystal ball sequences for the product lattices A_n x A_n; see A143007 for further details. Similar results also hold between the constant log(2) and the crystal ball sequences of the hypercubic lattices A_1 x...x A_1 and between log(2) and the crystal ball sequences for lattices of type C_n ; see A008288 and A142992 respectively for further details. (End)

This array is the Hilbert transform of triangle A008459 (see A145905 for the definition of the Hilbert transform). - Peter Bala, Oct 28 2008

Number of potential flows in a 2 X 2 matrix with integer velocities in -n..n, i.e., number of 2 X 2 matrices with adjacent elements differing by no more than n, counting matrices differing by a constant only once. - R. H. Hardin, Feb 27 2002

Number of ordered quadruples (a,b,c,d), -(n-1) <= a,b,c,d <= n-1, such that a+b+c+d = 0. - Benoit Cloitre, Jun 14 2003

If Y and Z are 2-blocks of a (2n+1)-set X then a(n-1) is the number of 5-subsets of X intersecting both Y and Z. - Milan Janjic, Oct 28 2007

Equals binomial transform of [1, 18, 48, 32, 0, 0, 0, ...]. - Gary W. Adamson, Jul 19 2008

This is the case m = 1 of the general recurrence a(0) = 0, a(1) = 1, a(n+1) = (2*n+1)*(n^2+n+2*m^2+2*m+1)*a(n) - n^6*a(n-1) (we suppress the dependence of a(n) on m), which arises when accelerating the convergence of the series Sum_{k>=1} 1/k^3 for Apery's constant zeta(3). For other cases see A066989 (m=0), A143004 (m=2), A143005 (m=3) and A143006 (m=4).

The solution to the general recurrence may be expressed as a sum: a(n) = n!^3*p_m(n)*Sum_{k = 1..n} 1/(k^3*p_m(k-1)*p_m(k)), where p_m(x) = Sum_{k = 0..n} C(2*k,k)^2*C(n+k,2*k)*C(x+k,2*k) is a polynomial in x of degree 2*m.

The first few are p_0(x) = 1, p_1(x) = 2*x^2 + 2*x + 1, p_2(x) = (3*x^4 + 6*x^3 + 9*x^2 + 6*x + 2)/2 and p_3(x) = (10*x^6 + 30*x^5 + 85*x^4 + 120*x^3 + 121*x^2 + 66*x + 18)/18. For fixed n, the sequence [p_n(k)]k>=0 is the crystal ball sequence for the product lattice A_n x A_n. See A143007 for the table of values [p_n(k)] n,k >= 0. Observe that [p_n(n)] n >= 0 is the sequence of Apery numbers A005259.

The reciprocity law p_m(n) = p_n(m) holds for nonnegative integers m and n. In particular we have p_m(1) = 2*m^2 + 2*m + 1 and p_m(2) = (3*m^4 + 6*m^3 + 9*m^2 + 6*m + 2)/2.

The polynomial p_m(x) is the unique polynomial solution of the difference equation (x+1)^3*f(x+1) + x^3*f(x-1) = (2*x+1)*(x^2+x+2*m^2+2*m+1)*f(x), normalized so that f(0) = 1. The reciprocity law now yields the Apery-like recursion m^3*p_m(x) + (m-1)^3*p_(m-2)(x) = (2*m-1)*(m^2-m+1+2*x^2+2*x)*p_(m-1)(x).

The polynomial functions p_m(x) have their zeros on the vertical line Re x = -1/2 in the complex plane; that is, the polynomials p_m(x-1), m = 1,2,3,..., satisfy a Riemann hypothesis (adapt the proof of the lemma on p. 4 of [BUMP et al.]).

The general recurrence in the first paragraph above has a second solution b(n) = n!^3*p_m(n) with initial conditions b(0) = 1, b(1) = 2*m^2+2*m+1. Hence the behavior of a(n) for large n is given by lim_{n -> infinity} a(n)/b(n) = Sum_{k>=1} 1/(k^3*p_m(k-1)*p_m(k)) = 1/((2*m^2+2*m+1) - 1^6/(3*(2*m^2+2*m+3) - 2^6/(5*(2*m^2+2*m+7) - 3^6/(7*(2*m^2+2*m+13) - ...)))) = Sum_{k>=1} 1/(m+k)^3. The final equality follows from a result of Ramanujan; see [Berndt, Chapter 12, Entry 32(iii)].

For the corresponding results for the constant zeta(2) see A142995. For corresponding results for the constant log(2) see A142979 and A142992.

Terms have the same parity as those of Pascal's triangle.

Coefficients of polynomials (1/2)*((1 + x^(1/2))^(2n) + (1 - x^(1/2))^(2n)).

Number of compositions of 2n having k parts greater than 1; example: T(3, 2) = 15 because we have 4+2, 2+4, 3+2+1, 3+1+2, 2+3+1, 2+1+3, 1+3+2, 1+2+3, 2+2+1+1, 2+1+2+1, 2+1+1+2, 1+2+2+1, 1+2+1+2, 1+1+2+2, 3+3. - Philippe Deléham, May 18 2005

Number of binary words of length 2n - 1 having k runs of consecutive 1's; example: T(3,2) = 15 because we have 00101, 01001, 01010, 01011, 01101, 10001, 10010, 10011, 10100, 10110, 10111, 11001, 11010, 11011, 11101. - Philippe Deléham, May 18 2005

Let M_n be the n X n matrix M_n(i, j) = T(i, j-1); then for n > 0, det(M_n) = A000364(n), Euler numbers; example: det([1, 1, 0, 0; 1, 6, 1, 0; 1, 15, 15, 1; 1, 28, 70, 28 ]) = 1385 = A000364(4). - Philippe Deléham, Sep 04 2005

Equals ConvOffsStoT transform of the hexagonal numbers, A000384: (1, 6, 15, 28, 45, ...); e.g., ConvOffs transform of (1, 6, 15, 28) = (1, 28, 70, 28, 1). - Gary W. Adamson, Apr 22 2008

From Peter Bala, Oct 23 2008: (Start)

Let C_n be the root lattice generated as a monoid by {+-2*e_i: 1 <= i <= n; +-e_i +- e_j: 1 <= i not equal to j <= n}. Let P(C_n) be the polytope formed by the convex hull of this generating set. Then the rows of this array are the h-vectors of a unimodular triangulation of P(C_n) [Ardila et al.]. See A127674 for (a signed version of) the corresponding array of f-vectors for these type C_n polytopes. See A008459 for the array of h-vectors for type A_n polytopes and A108558 for the array of h-vectors associated with type D_n polytopes.

The Hilbert transform of this triangle is A142992 (see A145905 for the definition of this term).

(End)

Diagonal sums: A108479. - Philippe Deléham, Sep 08 2009

Coefficients of Product_{k=1..n} (cot(k*Pi/(2n+1))^2 - x) = Sum_{k=0..n} (-1)^k*binomial(2n,2k)*x^k/(2n+1-2k). - David Ingerman (daviddavifree(AT)gmail.com), Mar 30 2010

Generalized Narayana triangle for 4^n (or cosh(2x)). - Paul Barry, Sep 28 2010

Coefficients of the matrix inverse appear to be T^(-1)(n,k) = (-1)^(n+k)*A086646(n,k). - R. J. Mathar, Mar 12 2013

Let E(y) = Sum_{n>=0} y^n/(2*n)! = cosh(sqrt(y)). Then this triangle is the generalized Riordan array (E(y), y) with respect to the sequence (2*n)! as defined in Wang and Wang. Cf. A103327. - Peter Bala, Aug 06 2013

Row 6, (1,66,495,924,495,66,1), plays a role in expansions of powers of the Dedekind eta function. See the Chan link, p. 534, and A034839. - Tom Copeland, Dec 12 2016

The n-th row entries for this array are the regular polytope numbers for the n-dimensional cross polytope as defined by [Kim]. The rows are the partial sums of the rows of the square array of Delannoy numbers A008288.

The odd numbered rows of this array form A142977. For a triangular version of this table see A104698. Cf. also A101603.

The n-th row of the array is the binomial transform of n-th row of triangle A081277, followed by zeros. Example: row 4 (1, 6, 19, 44, 85, ...) = binomial transform of row 3 of A081277: (1, 5, 8, 4, 0, 0, 0, ...). - Gary W. Adamson, Jul 17 2008

The main diagonal of the array T(n,k) is A047781 Sum_{k=0..n-1} binomial(n-1,k)*binomial(n+k,k). Also a(n) = T(n,n), array T as in A049600. The link from A099193 to J. V. Post, Table of polytope numbers, Sorted, Through 1,000,000, includes all n-D Hyperoctahedron (n-Cross Polytope) Numbers through 10-Cross(20) = 1669752016. - Jonathan Vos Post, Jul 16 2008