Search: id:A034807 Results 1-1 of 1 results found. %I A034807 %S A034807 2,1,1,2,1,3,1,4,2,1,5,5,1,6,9,2,1,7,14,7,1,8,20,16,2,1,9,27,30,9,1, %T A034807 10,35,50,25,2,1,11,44,77,55,11,1,12,54,112,105,36,2,1,13,65,156,182, %U A034807 91,13,1,14,77,210,294,196,49,2,1,15,90,275,450,378,140,15,1,16,104 %N A034807 Triangle T(n,k) of coefficients of Lucas (or Cardan) polynomials. %C A034807 These polynomials arise in the following setup. Suppose G and H are power series satisfying G+H=G*H=1/x. Then G^n+H^n = (1/x^n)*L_n(-x). %C A034807 Apart from signs, triangle of coefficients when 2cos(nt) is expanded in terms of x=2cos(t). For example, 2cos(2t)=x^2-2, 2cos(3t)=x^3-3x and 2cos(4t)=x^4-4x^2+2. - Anthony Robin (anthony_robin(AT)hotmail.com), Jun 02 2004 %C A034807 Triangle of coefficients of expansion of Z_{nk} in terms of Z_k. %C A034807 Row n has 1+floor(n/2) terms. - Emeric Deutsch (deutsch(AT)duke.poly.edu), Dec 25 2004 %C A034807 T(n,k)=number of k-matchings of the cycle C_n (n>1). Example: T(6,2)=9 because the 2-matchings of the hexagon with edges a,b,c,d,e,f are ac, ad, ae, bd, be, bf, ce, cf and df. - Emeric Deutsch (deutsch(AT)duke.poly.edu), Dec 25 2004 %C A034807 An example for the first comment: G=c(x), H=1/(x*c(x)) with c(x) the o.g.f. Catalan numbers A000108: (x*c(x))^n + (1/c(x))^n = L(n,-x)= sum(T(n,k)*(-x)^k,k=0..floor(n/2)). %C A034807 This triangle also supplies the absolute values of the coefficients in the multiplication formulae for the Lucas numbers A000032. %D A034807 A. Brousseau, Fibonacci and Related Number Theoretic Tables. Fibonacci Association, San Jose, CA, 1972, p. 148. %D A034807 C. D. Godsil, Algebraic Combinatorics, Chapman and Hall, New York, 1993. %D A034807 T. J. Osler, Cardan polynomials and the reduction of radicals, Math. Mag., 74 (No. 1, 2001), 26-32. %D A034807 Thomas Koshy, Fibonacci and Lucas Numbers with Applications. New York, etc.: John Wiley & Sons, 2001. (Chapter 13, "Pascal-like Triangles, " is devoted to the present triangle.) %H A034807 T. D. Noe, Rows n=0..100 of triangle, flattened %H A034807 Moussa Benoumhani, A Sequence of Binomial Coefficients Related to Lucas and Fibonacci Numbers, J. Integer Seqs., Vol. 6, 2003. %H A034807 Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Lucas Polynomial %F A034807 Lucas polynomial coefficients: 1, -n, [n(n-3)]/2!, - [n(n-4)(n-5)]/3!, [n(n-5)(n-6)(n-7)]/4!, - [n(n-6)(n-7)(n-8)(n-9)]/5!... - Herb Conn, HCR 83, Box 93, Custer, SD 57730 and Gary W. Adamson (qntmpkt(AT)yahoo.com), May 28 2003 %F A034807 G.f.: (2-x)/(1-x-x^2*y). - Vladeta Jovovic (vladeta(AT)eunet.rs), May 31 2003 %F A034807 T(n, k) = T(n-1, k)+T(n-2, k-1), n>1. T(n, 0) = 1, n>0. T(n, k) = binomial(n-k, k)+binomial(n-k-1, k-1) = n*binomial(n-k-1, k-1)/k, 0< = 2*k< = n except T(0, 0) = 2. %F A034807 T(n,k)=(n*(n-1-k)!)/(k!*(n-2*k)!),n>0,k>=0. - Alexander Elkins (alexander_elkins(AT)hotmail.com), Jun 09 2007 %e A034807 I have seen two versions of these polynomials: One version begins L_0 = 2, L_1 = 1, L_2 = 1+2*x, L_3 = 1+3*x, L_4 = 1+4*x+2*x^2, L_5 = 1+5*x+5*x^2, L_6 = 1+6*x+9*x^2+2*x^3, L_7 = 1+7*x+14*x^2+7*x^3, L_8 = 1+8*x+20*x^2+16*x^3+2*x^4, L_9 = 1+9*x+27*x^2+30*x^3+9*x^4, ... %e A034807 The other version (probably the more official one) begins L_0(x) = 2, L_1(x) = x, L_2(x) = 2+x^2, L_3(x) = 3*x+x^3, L_4(x) = 2+4*x^2+x^4, tc %e A034807 L5 = x^5 - 5x^3 + 5x = 1, -5, 5 = 1, -n, [n(n-3)]/2. %e A034807 Comment from John Blythe Dobson, Oct 11 2007: Triangle begins: %e A034807 2; %e A034807 1; %e A034807 1, 2; %e A034807 1, 3; %e A034807 1, 4, 2; %e A034807 1, 5, 5; %e A034807 1, 6, 9, 2; %e A034807 1, 7, 14, 7; %e A034807 1, 8, 20, 16, 2; %e A034807 1, 9, 27, 30, 9; %e A034807 1, 10, 35, 50, 25, 2; %e A034807 1, 11, 44, 77, 55, 11; %e A034807 1, 12, 54, 112, 105, 36, 2; %e A034807 1, 13, 65, 156, 182, 91, 13; %e A034807 1, 14, 77, 210, 294, 196, 49, 2; %e A034807 1, 15, 90, 275, 450, 378, 140, 15; %p A034807 T:=proc(n,k) if n=0 and k=0 then 2 elif k>floor(n/2) then 0 else n*binomial(n-k, k)/(n-k) fi end: for n from 0 to 15 do seq(T(n,k),k=0..floor(n/2)) od; # yields sequence in triangular form (Deutsch) %o A034807 (PARI) T(n,k)=if(k<0|2*k>n,0,binomial(n-k,k)+binomial(n-k-1,k-1)+(n==0&k==0)) %Y A034807 Row sums = A000032 (Lucas numbers). T(2n, n-1)=A000290(n), T(2n+1, n-1)=A000330(n), T(2n, n-2)=A002415(n). T(n, k)=A029635(n-k, k), if n>0. See also A061896. %Y A034807 Cf. A114525 %Y A034807 Sequence in context: A055893 A050221 A113279 this_sequence A135062 A088428 A025838 %Y A034807 Adjacent sequences: A034804 A034805 A034806 this_sequence A034808 A034809 A034810 %K A034807 tabf,easy,nonn %O A034807 0,1 %A A034807 N. J. A. Sloane (njas(AT)research.att.com). %E A034807 Improved description, more terms, etc., from Michael Somos Search completed in 0.002 seconds