Search: id:A108444 Results 1-1 of 1 results found. %I A108444 %S A108444 5,73,857,9505,103341,1114969,11996209,128989249,1387480981,14937170089, %T A108444 160978217225,1736820843233,18760031574077,202856430706617, %U A108444 2195832009812065,23792481053343361,258038743598973477 %N A108444 Number of triple descents (i.e. ddd's) in all paths from (0,0) to (3n, 0) that stay in the first quadrant (but may touch the horizontal axis), consisting of steps u=(2,1),U=(1,2), or d=(1,-1). %C A108444 a(n)=sum(k*A108443(n,k),k=1..2n-1). Example: a(3)=1*24+2*15+3*3+4*1=73. %D A108444 Problem 10658, American Math. Monthly, 107, 2000, 368-370. %F A108444 G.f.=zA(2A^2-2zA^2-zA-2)/(1-2zA-3zA^2), where A=1+zA^2+zA^3 or, equivalently, A=(2/3)*sqrt((z+3)/z)*sin((1/3)*arcsin(sqrt(z)*(z+18)/(z+3)^(3/2)))-1/ 3 (the g.f. of A027307). %e A108444 a(2)=5 because in the ten paths udud, udUdd, uudd, uU(ddd), Uddud, UddUdd, Ududd, UdU(ddd), Uu(ddd) and UU(d[dd)d] (see A027307) we have 5 ddd's (shown between parentheses). %p A108444 A:=(2/3)*sqrt((z+3)/z)*sin((1/3)*arcsin(sqrt(z)*(z+18)/(z+3)^(3/2)))-1/ 3: G:=z*A*(-z*A-2*z*A^2-2+2*A^2)/(1-3*z*A^2-2*z*A): Gser:=series(G, z=0,26): seq(coeff(Gser,z^n),n=2..21); %Y A108444 Cf. A027307, A108443. %Y A108444 Sequence in context: A070530 A059017 A099667 this_sequence A155662 A159509 A127167 %Y A108444 Adjacent sequences: A108441 A108442 A108443 this_sequence A108445 A108446 A108447 %K A108444 nonn %O A108444 2,1 %A A108444 Emeric Deutsch (deutsch(AT)duke.poly.edu), Jun 10 2005 Search completed in 0.001 seconds