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A025566 a(n) = number of (s(0), s(1), ..., s(n)) such that every s(i) is a nonnegative integer, s(0) = 0, s(1) = 1, |s(i) - s(i-1)| <= 1 for i >= 2. Also a(n) = sum of numbers in row n+1 of the array T defined in A026105. Also a(n) = T(n,n), where T is the array defined in A025564. +0
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1, 1, 1, 3, 8, 22, 61, 171, 483, 1373, 3923, 11257, 32418, 93644, 271219, 787333, 2290200, 6673662, 19478091, 56930961, 166613280, 488176938, 1431878079, 4203938697, 12353600427, 36331804089, 106932444885, 314946659951, 928213563878 (list; graph; listen)
OFFSET

0,4

COMMENT

a(n+1) = number of Motzkin (2n)-paths whose last weak valley occurs right after step n. A weak valley in a Motzkin path (A001006) is an interior vertex whose following step has nonnegative slope and whose preceding step has nonpositive slope. For example, the weak valleys in the Motzkin path F.UF.FD.UD occur after the first, third and fifth steps as indicated by the dots (U=upstep of slope 1, D=downstep of slope -1, F=flatstep of slope 0) and, with n=2, a(3)=3 counts FFUD, UDUD, UFFD. - David Callan (callan(AT)stat.wisc.edu), Jun 07 2006

Starting with offset 2: (1, 3, 8, 22, 61, 171, 483,...), = row sums of triangle A136537. - Gary W. Adamson (qntmpkt(AT)yahoo.com), Jan 04 2008

FORMULA

G.f.: x + 2x(x-1)/[1-3x-sqrt(1-2x-3x^2)]; For n>1 first differences of the "directed animals" sequence A005773: a(n)=A005773(n)-A005773(n-1) - Emeric Deutsch (deutsch(AT)duke.poly.edu), Aug 16 2002

Starting (1, 3, 8, 22, 61, 171,...) gives the inverse binomial transform of A001791 starting (1, 4, 15, 56, 210, 792,...). - Gary W. Adamson (qntmpkt(AT)yahoo.com), Sep 01 2007

a(n) = sum of (n-2)-th row of triangle A131816. - Gary W. Adamson (qntmpkt(AT)yahoo.com), Sep 01 2007

MAPLE

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

CROSSREFS

First differences of A026135. Row sums of triangle A026105.

Pairwise sums of A005727.

Cf. A001791, A132816.

Cf. A136537.

Sequence in context: A048503 A048579 A121449 this_sequence A027036 A018040 A018041

Adjacent sequences: A025563 A025564 A025565 this_sequence A025567 A025568 A025569

KEYWORD

nonn

AUTHOR

Clark Kimberling (ck6(AT)evansville.edu)

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