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A393140
Triangle read by rows. T(n, k) = C(n, k)*C(k, floor(k/2))*Sum_{i=0..k} C(k, i)*C(n-i, floor((n-i)/2)).
2
1, 1, 2, 2, 6, 10, 3, 15, 48, 39, 6, 36, 168, 264, 210, 10, 80, 500, 1170, 1830, 960, 20, 180, 1380, 4260, 9900, 10260, 5340, 35, 385, 3570, 13755, 42420, 65520, 67620, 26250, 70, 840, 8960, 41160, 157920, 323680, 498400, 384440, 148610
OFFSET
0,3
COMMENTS
T(n, n - k) is the number of length-n walks on N^2 (the first quadrant of Z^2) by a king starting at (0, 0) of which k moves are horizontal. - Natalia L. Skirrow, Mar 06 2026
LINKS
Paolo Xausa, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..11475 (rows 0..150 of the triangle, flattened).
FORMULA
Using the notation a // b := floor(a / b).
T(n, k) = ((n - k + 1) * T(n, k - 1) + n * T(n - 1, k - 1)) // ((k + 1) // 2) for k > 0, and C(n, n // 2) for k = 0.
T(n, k) = A107230(n, n - k) * A393138(n, k).
EXAMPLE
Triangle starts:
[0] [ 1]
[1] [ 1, 2]
[2] [ 2, 6, 10]
[3] [ 3, 15, 48, 39]
[4] [ 6, 36, 168, 264, 210]
[5] [10, 80, 500, 1170, 1830, 960]
[6] [20, 180, 1380, 4260, 9900, 10260, 5340]
[7] [35, 385, 3570, 13755, 42420, 65520, 67620, 26250]
[8] [70, 840, 8960, 41160, 157920, 323680, 498400, 384440, 148610]
MATHEMATICA
A393140[n_, k_] := A393140[n, k] = If[k == 0, Binomial[n, Quotient[n, 2]], Quotient[(n-k+1)*A393140[n, k-1] + n*A393140[n-1, k-1], Quotient[k+1, 2]]];
Table[A393140[n, k], {n, 0, 10}, {k, 0, n}] (* Paolo Xausa, Mar 09 2026 *)
PROG
(Python)
from math import comb
from functools import lru_cache
@lru_cache(maxsize=None)
def T(n: int, k: int) -> int:
if k == 0: return comb(n, n // 2)
return ((n - k + 1) * T(n, k - 1) + n * T(n - 1, k - 1)) // ((k + 1) // 2)
for n in range(9): print([T(n, k) for k in range(n + 1)])
CROSSREFS
T(n,0) = A001405, T(n,n) = A151312, A151331 (row sums).
Sequence in context: A192659 A327485 A207975 * A321623 A375045 A077063
KEYWORD
nonn,tabl,walk
AUTHOR
Peter Luschny, Mar 06 2026
STATUS
approved