OFFSET
0,5
COMMENTS
Inverse binomial transform of A001006.
The Hankel transform of this sequence gives A000012 = [1,1,1,1,1,...].
Counts returning walks (excursions) of length n on a 1-d integer lattice with step set {+1,-1} which stay in the chamber x >= 0. - Andrew V. Sutherland, Feb 29 2008
Moment sequence of the trace of a random matrix in G=USp(2)=SU(2). If X=tr(A) is a random variable (A distributed according to the Haar measure on G) then a(n) = E[X^n]. - Andrew V. Sutherland, Feb 29 2008
Essentially the same as A097331. - R. J. Mathar, Jun 15 2008
Number of distinct proper binary trees with n nodes. - Chris R. Sims (chris.r.sims(AT)gmail.com), Jun 30 2010
-a(n-1), with a(-1):=0, n>=0, is the Z-sequence for the Riordan array A049310 (Chebyshev S). For the definition see that triangle. - Wolfdieter Lang, Nov 04 2011
See A180874 (also A238390 and A097610) and A263916 for relations to the general Bell A036040, cycle index A036039, and cumulant expansion polynomials A127671 through the Faber polynomials. - Tom Copeland, Jan 26 2016
A signed version is generated by evaluating polynomials in A126216 that are essentially the face polynomials of the associahedra. This entry's sequence is related to an inversion relation on p. 34 of Mizera, related to Feynman diagrams. - Tom Copeland, Dec 09 2019
REFERENCES
Jerome Spanier and Keith B. Oldham, "Atlas of Functions", Ch. 49, Hemisphere Publishing Corp., 1987.
LINKS
G. C. Greubel, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..1000
V. E. Adler, Set partitions and integrable hierarchies, arXiv:1510.02900 [nlin.SI], 2015.
Martin Aigner, Catalan and other numbers: a recurrent theme, in Algebraic Combinatorics and Computer Science, a Tribute to Gian-Carlo Rota, pp.347-390, Springer, 2001.
Andrei Asinowski, Cyril Banderier, and Valerie Roitner, Generating functions for lattice paths with several forbidden patterns, (2019).
C. Banderier, C. Krattenthaler, A. Krinik, D. Kruchinin, V. Kruchinin, D. Nguyen, and M. Wallner, Explicit formulas for enumeration of lattice paths: basketball and the kernel method, arXiv:1609.06473 [math.CO], 2016.
Radica Bojicic, Marko D. Petkovic and Paul Barry, Hankel transform of a sequence obtained by series reversion II-aerating transforms, arXiv:1112.1656 [math.CO], 2011.
Colin Defant, Troupes, Cumulants, and Stack-Sorting, arXiv:2004.11367 [math.CO], 2020.
Isaac DeJager, Madeleine Naquin, Frank Seidl, Colored Motzkin Paths of Higher Order, VERUM 2019.
Francesc Fite, Kiran S. Kedlaya, Victor Rotger and Andrew V. Sutherland, Sato-Tate distributions and Galois endomorphism modules in genus 2, arXiv:1110.6638 [math.NT], 2011.
Aoife Hennessy, A Study of Riordan Arrays with Applications to Continued Fractions, Orthogonal Polynomials and Lattice Paths, Ph. D. Thesis, Waterford Institute of Technology, Oct. 2011.
Kiran S. Kedlaya and Andrew V. Sutherland, HyperellipticCurves, L-Polynomials, and Random Matrices. In: Arithmetic, Geometry, Cryptography, and Coding Theory: International Conference, November 5-9, 2007, CIRM, Marseilles, France. (Contemporary Mathematics; v.487)
S. Mizera, Combinatorics and Topology of Kawai-Lewellen-Tye Relations, arXiv:1706.08527 [hep-th], 2017.
E. Rowland, Pattern avoidance in binary trees, J. Comb. Theory A 117 (6) (2010) 741-758, Sec. 3.1.
Yidong Sun and Fei Ma, Minors of a Class of Riordan Arrays Related to Weighted Partial Motzkin Paths, arXiv:1305.2015 [math.CO], 2013.
Y. Wang and Z.-H. Zhang, Combinatorics of Generalized Motzkin Numbers, J. Int. Seq. 18 (2015) # 15.2.4.
FORMULA
a(2*n) = A000108(n), a(2*n+1) = 0.
a(n) = A053121(n,0).
(1/Pi) Integral_{0 .. Pi} (2*cos(x))^n *2*sin^2(x) dx. - Andrew V. Sutherland, Feb 29 2008
G.f.: (1 - sqrt(1 - 4*x^2)) / (2*x^2) = 1/(1-x^2/(1-x^2/(1-x^2/(1-x^2/(1-...(continued fraction). - Philippe Deléham, Nov 24 2009
G.f. A(x) satisfies A(x) = 1 + x^2*A(x)^2. - Vladimir Kruchinin, Feb 18 2011
E.g.f.: I_1(2x)/x Where I_n(x) is the modified Bessel function. - Benjamin Phillabaum, Mar 07 2011
Apart from the first term the e.g.f. is given by x*HyperGeom([1/2],[3/2,2], x^2). - Benjamin Phillabaum, Mar 07 2011
a(n) = Integral_{x=-2..2} x^n*sqrt((2-x)*(2+x)))/(2*Pi). - Peter Luschny, Sep 11 2011
E.g.f.: E(0)/(1-x) where E(k) = 1-x/(1-x/(x-(k+1)*(k+2)/E(k+1))); (continued fraction). - Sergei N. Gladkovskii, Apr 05 2013
G.f.: 3/2- sqrt(1-4*x^2)/2 = 1/x^2 + R(0)/x^2, where R(k) = 2*k-1 - x^2*(2*k-1)*(2*k+1)/R(k+1); (continued fraction). - Sergei N. Gladkovskii, Oct 28 2013 (warning: this is not the g.f. of this sequence, R. J. Mathar, Sep 23 2021)
G.f.: 1/Q(0), where Q(k) = 2*k+1 + x^2*(1-4*(k+1)^2)/Q(k+1); (continued fraction). - Sergei N. Gladkovskii, Jan 09 2014
a(n) = n!*[x^n]hypergeom([],[2],x^2). - Peter Luschny, Jan 31 2015
a(n) = 2^n*hypergeom([3/2,-n],[3],2). - Peter Luschny, Feb 03 2015
a(n) = ((-1)^n+1)*2^(2*floor(n/2)-1)*Gamma(floor(n/2)+1/2)/(sqrt(Pi)* Gamma(floor(n/2)+2)). - Ilya Gutkovskiy, Jul 23 2016
D-finite with recurrence (n+2)*a(n) +4*(-n+1)*a(n-2)=0. - R. J. Mathar, Mar 21 2021
From Peter Bala, Feb 03 2024: (Start)
a(n) = 2^n * Sum_{k = 0..n} (-2)^(-k)*binomial(n, k)*Catalan(k+1).
G.f.: 1/(1 + 2*x) * c(x/(1 + 2*x))^2 = 1/(1 - 2*x) * c(-x/(1 - 2*x))^2 = c(x^2), where c(x) = (1 - sqrt(1 - 4*x))/(2*x) is the g.f. of the Catalan numbers A000108. (End)
EXAMPLE
G.f. = 1 + x^2 + 2*x^4 + 5*x^6 + 14*x^8 + 42*x^10 + 132*x^12 + 429*x^14 + ...
From Gus Wiseman, Nov 14 2022: (Start)
The a(0) = 1 through a(8) = 14 ordered binary rooted trees with n + 1 nodes (ranked by A358375):
o . (oo) . ((oo)o) . (((oo)o)o) . ((((oo)o)o)o)
(o(oo)) ((o(oo))o) (((o(oo))o)o)
((oo)(oo)) (((oo)(oo))o)
(o((oo)o)) (((oo)o)(oo))
(o(o(oo))) ((o((oo)o))o)
((o(o(oo)))o)
((o(oo))(oo))
((oo)((oo)o))
((oo)(o(oo)))
(o(((oo)o)o))
(o((o(oo))o))
(o((oo)(oo)))
(o(o((oo)o)))
(o(o(o(oo))))
(End)
MAPLE
with(combstruct): grammar := { BB = Sequence(Prod(a, BB, b)), a = Atom, b = Atom }: seq(count([BB, grammar], size=n), n=0..47); # Zerinvary Lajos, Apr 25 2007
BB := {E=Prod(Z, Z), S=Union(Epsilon, Prod(S, S, E))}: ZL:=[S, BB, unlabeled]: seq(count(ZL, size=n), n=0..45); # Zerinvary Lajos, Apr 22 2007
BB := [T, {T=Prod(Z, Z, Z, F, F), F=Sequence(B), B=Prod(F, Z, Z)}, unlabeled]: seq(count(BB, size=n+1), n=0..45); # valid for n> 0. # Zerinvary Lajos, Apr 22 2007
seq(n!*coeff(series(hypergeom([], [2], x^2), x, n+2), x, n), n=0..45); # Peter Luschny, Jan 31 2015
# Using function CompInv from A357588.
CompInv(48, n -> ifelse(irem(n, 2) = 0, 0, (-1)^iquo(n-1, 2))); # Peter Luschny, Oct 07 2022
MATHEMATICA
a[n_?EvenQ] := CatalanNumber[n/2]; a[n_] = 0; Table[a[n], {n, 0, 45}] (* Jean-François Alcover, Sep 10 2012 *)
a[ n_] := If[ n < 0, 0, n! SeriesCoefficient[ BesselI[ 1, 2 x] / x, {x, 0, n}]]; (* Michael Somos, Mar 19 2014 *)
bot[n_]:=If[n==1, {{}}, Join@@Table[Tuples[bot/@c], {c, Table[{k, n-k-1}, {k, n-1}]}]];
Table[Length[bot[n]], {n, 10}] (* Gus Wiseman, Nov 14 2022 *)
Riffle[CatalanNumber[Range[0, 50]], 0, {2, -1, 2}] (* Harvey P. Dale, May 28 2024 *)
PROG
(Sage)
def A126120_list(n) :
D = [0]*(n+2); D[1] = 1
b = True; h = 2; R = []
for i in range(2*n-1) :
if b :
for k in range(h, 0, -1) : D[k] -= D[k-1]
h += 1; R.append(abs(D[1]))
else :
for k in range(1, h, 1) : D[k] += D[k+1]
b = not b
return R
A126120_list(46) # Peter Luschny, Jun 03 2012
(Magma) &cat [[Catalan(n), 0]: n in [0..30]]; // Vincenzo Librandi, Jul 28 2016
(Python)
from math import comb
def A126120(n): return 0 if n&1 else comb(n, m:=n>>1)//(m+1) # Chai Wah Wu, Apr 22 2024
KEYWORD
nonn,easy
AUTHOR
Philippe Deléham, Mar 06 2007
EXTENSIONS
An erroneous comment removed by Tom Copeland, Jul 23 2016
STATUS
approved