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A005774 Number of directed animals of size n (k=1 column of A038622); number of (s(0), s(1), ..., s(n)) such that s(i) is a nonnegative integer and |s(i) - s(i-1)| <= 1 for i = 1,2,...,n, where s(0) = 2; also sum of row n+1 of array T in A026323.
(Formerly M2804)
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0, 1, 3, 9, 26, 75, 216, 623, 1800, 5211, 15115, 43923, 127854, 372749, 1088283, 3181545, 9312312, 27287091, 80038449, 234988827, 690513030, 2030695569, 5976418602, 17601021837, 51869858544, 152951628725, 451271872701, 1332147482253 (list; graph; listen)
OFFSET

0,3

COMMENT

Number of ordered trees with n+1 edges, having root degree at least 2 and nonroot outdegrees at most 2. - Emeric Deutsch (deutsch(AT)duke.poly.edu), Aug 02 2002

Herbert S. Wilf (wilf(AT)math.upenn.edu): From Petkovsek's algorithm, this recurrence does not have any closed form solutions. So there is no hypergeometric closed form for a(n).

Sum of two consecutive trinomial coefficients starting two positions before central one. Example: a(4)=10+16 and (1+x+x^2)^4=...+10x^2+16x^3+19x^4+... - David Callan (callan(AT)stat.wisc.edu), Feb 07 2004

Image of n (A001477) under the Motzkin related matrix A107131. Binomial transform of A037952. - Paul Barry (pbarry(AT)wit.ie), May 12 2005

a(n) = total number of ascents (maximal runs of consecutive upsteps) in all Motzkin (n+1)-paths. For example, the 9 Motzkin 4-paths are FFFF, FFUD, FUDF, FUFD, UDFF, UDUD, UFDF, UFFD, UUDD and they contain a total of 9 ascents and so a(3)=9 (U=upstep, D=downstep, F=flatstep). - David Callan (callan(AT)stat.wisc.edu), Aug 16 2006

Image of the sequence (0,1,2,3,3,3,...) under the array A122896. - Paul Barry (pbarry(AT)wit.ie), Sep 18 2006

This is some kind of Motzkin transform of A079978 because the substitution x->x*A001006(x) in the independent variable of the g.f. A079978(x) yields 1,0 followed by this sequence here. [From R. J. Mathar (mathar(AT)strw.leidenuniv.nl), Nov 08 2008]

REFERENCES

N. J. A. Sloane and Simon Plouffe, The Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1995 (includes this sequence).

D. Gouyou-Beauchamps; G. Viennot, Equivalence of the two-dimensional directed animal problem to a one-dimensional path problem, Adv. in Appl. Math. 9 (1988), no. 3, 334-357.

FORMULA

Inverse binomial transform of [ 0, 1, 5, 21, 84, ... ] (A002054) - John Layman (layman(AT)calvin.math.vt.edu).

(n+2)(n-1)a(n) = 2n(n+1)a(n-1) + 3n(n-1)a(n-2).

E.g.f.: exp(x)*(BesselI(1, 2*x)+BesselI(2, 2*x)). - Vladeta Jovovic (vladeta(AT)eunet.rs), Jan 01 2004

G.f.: (1-x-sqrt(1-2x-3x^2))/(x(1-3x+sqrt(1-2x-3x^2))); a(n)=sum{k=0..n, C(k+1, n-k+1)*C(n, k)*k/(k+1)}; a(n)=sum{k=0..n, C(n, k)*C(k, floor((k-1)/2))}; - Paul Barry (pbarry(AT)wit.ie), May 12 2005

Starting (1, 3, 9, 26,...) = binomial transform of A026010: (1, 2, 4, 7, 14, 25, 50, 91,...). - Gary W. Adamson (qntmpkt(AT)yahoo.com), Oct 22 2007

MAPLE

seq( sum('binomial(i, k+1)*binomial(i-k, k)', 'k'=0..floor(i/2)), i=0..30 ); # Detlef Pauly (dettodet(AT)yahoo.de), Nov 09 2001

PROGRAM

(PARI) s=[0, 1]; {A005774(n)=k=(2*(n+2)*(n+1)*s[2]+3*(n+1)*n*s[1])/((n+3)*n); s[1]=s[2]; s[2]=k; k}

(PARI) a(n)=if(n<2, n>0, (2*(n+1)*n*a(n-1)+3*(n-1)*n*a(n-2))/(n+2)/(n-1))

CROSSREFS

Cf. A038622, A098494, A026010.

Sequence in context: A076264 A123941 A018919 this_sequence A101169 A119826 A027915

Adjacent sequences: A005771 A005772 A005773 this_sequence A005775 A005776 A005777

KEYWORD

nonn,easy,nice

AUTHOR

Simon Plouffe (simon.plouffe(AT)gmail.com)

EXTENSIONS

Further descriptions from Clark Kimberling (ck6(AT)evansville.edu)

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