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0,2
COMMENTS
This is an example of a Riordan matrix. See the Shapiro et al. reference quoted under A053121 and Notes 1 and 2 of the Wolfdieter Lang reference, p. 306.
As a number triangle, this is the Riordan array (1/sqrt(1-4x),x/(1-4x)). - Paul Barry, May 30 2005
The A- and Z- sequences for this Riordan matrix are (see the Wolfdieter Lang link under A006232 for the D. G. Rogers, D. Merlini et al. and R. Sprugnoli references on Riordan A- and Z-sequences with a summary): A-sequence [1,4,0,0,0,...] and Z-sequence 4+2*A000108(n)*(-1)^(n+1)=[2, 2, -4, 10, -28, 84, -264, 858, -2860, 9724, -33592, 117572, -416024, 1485800, -5348880, 19389690, -70715340, 259289580, -955277400, 3534526380], n >= 0. The o.g.f. for the Z-sequence is 4-2*c(-x) with the Catalan number o.g.f. c(x). - Wolfdieter Lang, Jun 01 2007
As a triangle, T(2n,n) is A001448. Row sums are A046748. Diagonal sums are A176280. - Paul Barry, Apr 14 2010
From Wolfdieter Lang, Aug 10 2017: (Start)
The row polynomials R(n, x) of Riordan triangles R = (G(x), F(x)), with F(x)= x*Fhat(x), belong to the class of Boas-Buck polynomials (see the reference). Hence they satisfy the Boas-Buck identity (we use the notation of Rainville, Theorem 50, p. 141):
(E_x - n*1)*R(n, x) = -Sum_{k=0..n-1} (alpha(k)*1 + beta(k)*E_x)*R(n-1.k, x), for n >= 0, where E_x = x*d/dx (Euler operator). The Boas-Buck sequences are given by alpha(k) := [x^k] ((d/dx)log(G(x))) and beta(k) := [x^k] (d/dx)log(Fhat(x)).
This entails a recurrence for the sequence of column m of the Riordan triangle T, n > m >= 0: T(n, m) = (1/(n-m))*Sum_{k=m..n-1} (alpha(n-1-k) + m*beta(n-1-k))*T(k, m), with input T(m,m).
For the present case the Boas-Buck identity for the row polynomials is (E_x - n*1)*R(n, x) = -Sum_{k=0..n-1} 2^(2*k+1)*(1 + 2*E_x)*R(n-1-k, x), for n >= 0. For the ensuing recurrence for the columns m of the triangle T see the formula and example section. (End)
From Peter Bala, Mar 04 2018: (Start)
The following two remarks are particular cases of more general results for Riordan arrays of the form (f(x), x/(1 - k*x)).
1) Let R(n,x) denote the n-th row polynomial of this triangle. The polynomial R(n,4*x) has the e.g.f. Sum_{k = 0..n} T(n,k)*(4*x)/k!. The e.g.f. for the n-th diagonal of the triangle (starting at n = 0 for the main diagonal) equals exp(x) * the e.g.f. for the polynomial R(n,4*x). For example, when n = 3 we have exp(x)*(20 + 30*(4*x) + 10*(4*x)^2/2! + (4*x)^3/3!) = 20 + 140*x + 420*x^2/2! + 924*x^3/3! + 1716*x^4/4! + ....
2) Let P(n,x) = Sum_{k = 0..n} T(n,k)*x^(n-k) denote the n-th row polynomial in descending powers of x. P(n,x) is the n-th degree Taylor polynomial of (1 + 4*x)^(n-1/2) about 0. For example, for n = 4 we have (1 + 4*x)^(7/2) = 70*x^4 + 140*x^3 + 70*x^2 + 14*x + 1 + O(x^5).
REFERENCES
Ralph P. Boas, jr. and R. Creighton Buck, Polynomial Expansions of analytic functions, Springer, 1958, pp. 17 - 21, (last sign in eq. (6.11) should be -).
Earl D. Rainville, Special Functions, The Macmillan Company, New York, 1960, ch. 8, sect. 76, 140 - 146.
LINKS
Muniru A Asiru, Antidiagonals n = 0..50, flattened
Peter Bala, A 4-parameter family of embedded Riordan arrays
Paul Barry, Embedding structures associated with Riordan arrays and moment matrices, arXiv preprint arXiv:1312.0583 [math.CO], 2013.
J. W. Bober, Factorial ratios, hypergeometric series, and a family of step functions, arXiv:0709.1977 [math.NT], 2007; J. London Math. Soc. (2) 79 2009, 422-444.
Wolfdieter Lang, First 10 rows.
Wolfdieter Lang, On polynomials related to derivatives of the generating function of Catalan numbers, Fib. Quart. 40,4 (2002) 299-313; T(n,m) is called B(n,m) there.
H. Prodinger, Some information about the binomial transform, The Fibonacci Quarterly, 32, 1994, 412-415.
FORMULA
T(n, m) = binomial(2*n, n)*binomial(n, m)/binomial(2*m, m), n >= m >= 0.
G.f. for column m: ((x/(1-4*x))^m)/sqrt(1-4*x).
Recurrence from the A-sequence given above: a(n,m) = a(n-1,m-1) + 4*a(n-1,m), for n >= m >= 1.
Recurrence from the Z-sequence given above: a(n,0) = Sum_{j=0..n-1} Z(j)*a(n-1,j), n >= 1; a(0,0)=1.
As a number triangle, T(n,k) = C(2*n,n)*C(n,k)/C(2*k,k) = C(n-1/2,n-k)*4^(n-k). - Paul Barry, Apr 14 2010
From Peter Bala, Apr 11 2012: (Start):
One of three infinite families of integral factorial ratio sequences of height 1 (see Bober, Theorem 1.2). The other two are A007318 and A068555.
The triangular array equals exp(S), where the infinitesimal generator S has [2,6,10,14,18,...] on the main subdiagonal and zeros elsewhere.
Recurrence equation for the square array: T(n+1,k) = (k+1)/(4*n+2)*T(n,k+1). (End)
T(n,k) = 4^(n-k)*A006882(2*n - 1)/(A006882(2*n - 2*k)*A006882(2*k - 1)) = 4^(n-k)*(2*n - 1)!!/((2*n - 2*k)!*(2*k - 1)!!). - Peter Bala, Nov 07 2016
Boas-Buck recurrence for column m, m > n >= 0: T(n, m) = (2*(2*m+1)/(n-m))*Sum_{k=m..n-1} 4^(n-1-k)*T(k, m), with input T(n, n) = 1. See a comment above. - Wolfdieter Lang, Aug 10 2017
From Peter Bala, Aug 13 2021: (Start)
Analogous to the binomial transform we have the following sequence transformation formula: g(n) = Sum_{k = 0..n} T(n,k)*b^(n-k)*f(k) iff f(n) = Sum_{k = 0..n} (-1)^(n-k)*T(n,k)*b^(n-k)*g(k). See Prodinger, bottom of p. 413, with b replaced with 4*b, c = 1 and d = 1/2.
Equivalently, if F(x) = Sum_{n >= 0} f(n)*x^n and G(x) = Sum_{n >= 0} g(n)*x^n are a pair of formal power series then
G(x) = 1/sqrt(1 - 4*b*x) * F(x/(1 - 4*b*x)) iff F(x) = 1/sqrt(1 + 4*b*x) * G(x/(1 + 4*b*x)).
The m-th power of this array has entries m^(n-k)*T(n,k). (End)
EXAMPLE
Array begins:
1, 2, 6, 20, 70, ...
1, 6, 30, 140, 630, ...
1, 10, 70, 420, 2310, ...
1, 14, 126, 924, 6006, ...
Recurrence from A-sequence: 140 = a(4,1) = 20 + 4*30.
Recurrence from Z-sequence: 252 = a(5,0) = 2*70 + 2*140 - 4*70 + 10*14 - 28*1.
From Paul Barry, Apr 14 2010: (Start)
As a number triangle, T(n, m) begins:
n\k 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...
0: 1
1: 2 1
2: 6 6 1
3: 20 30 10 1
4: 70 140 70 14 1
5: 252 630 420 126 18 1
6: 924 2772 2310 924 198 22 1
7: 3432 12012 12012 6006 1716 286 26 1
8: 12870 51480 60060 36036 12870 2860 390 30 1
9: 48620 218790 291720 204204 87516 24310 4420 510 34 1
10: 184756 923780 1385670 1108536 554268 184756 41990 6460 646 38 1
... [Reformatted and extended by Wolfdieter Lang, Aug 10 2017]
Production matrix begins
2, 1,
2, 4, 1,
-4, 0, 4, 1,
10, 0, 0, 4, 1,
-28, 0, 0, 0, 4, 1,
84, 0, 0, 0, 0, 4, 1,
-264, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 4, 1,
858, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 4, 1,
-2860, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 4, 1 (End)
Boas-Buck recurrence for column m = 2, and n = 4: T(4, 2) = (2*(2*2+1)/2) * Sum_{k=2..3} 4^(3-k)*T(k, 2) = 5*(4*1 + 1*10) = 70. - Wolfdieter Lang, Aug 10 2017
From Peter Bala, Feb 15 2018: (Start)
With C(x) = (1 - sqrt( 1 - 4*x))/(2*x),
-x^3/3! * (d/dx)^3(C(x)) = 1/(2*x)*( 1 - (1 - 10*x + 30*x^2 - 20*x^3)/(1 - 4*x)^(5/2) ).
x^4/4! * (d/dx)^4(C(x)) = 1/(2*x)*( 1 - (1 - 14*x + 70*x^2 - 140*x^3 + 70*x^4 )/(1 - 4*x)^(7/2) ). (End)
MATHEMATICA
t[i_, j_] := If[i < 0 || j < 0, 0, (2*i + 2*j)!*i!/(2*i)!/(i + j)!/j!]; Flatten[Reverse /@ Table[t[n, k - n] , {k, 0, 9}, {n, k, 0, -1}]][[1 ;; 51]] (* Jean-François Alcover, Jun 01 2011, after PARI prog. *)
PROG
(PARI) T(i, j)=if(i<0 || j<0, 0, (2*i+2*j)!*i!/(2*i)!/(i+j)!/j!)
(GAP) Flat(List([0..9], n->List([0..n], m->Binomial(2*n, n)*Binomial(n, m)/Binomial(2*m, m)))); # Muniru A Asiru, Jul 19 2018
(Magma) [Binomial(n+1, k+1)*Catalan(n)/Catalan(k): k in [0..n], n in [0..12]]; // G. C. Greubel, Jul 28 2024
(SageMath)
def A046521(n, k): return binomial(n+1, k+1)*catalan_number(n)/catalan_number(k)
flatten([[A046521(n, k) for k in range(n+1)] for n in range(13)]) # G. C. Greubel, Jul 28 2024
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