0,4

Number of ways that a river (or directed line) that starts in the South-West and flows East can cross an East-West road n times (see the illustration).

Or, number of ways that an undirected line can cross a road with at least one end below the road.

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a(2n) is A005315. Cf. A076875, A076906, A076907, A077014, A077054, A077055, A077056, A078591.

See also A078592.

Adjacent sequences: A005313 A005314 A005315 this_sequence A005317 A005318 A005319

Sequence in context: A080877 A007165 A107321 this_sequence A076876 A124495 A007919

nonn,nice

njas, legendre(AT)biologie.ens.fr (Stephane LEGENDRE)

Computed to n = 43 by Iwan Jensen.