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If you are looking for the Schroeder numbers (a.k.a. large Schroder numbers, or big Schroeder numbers), see A006318.
Yang & Jiang (2021) call these the small 2-Schroeder numbers. - N. J. A. Sloane, Mar 28 2021
There are two schools of thought about the index for the first term. I prefer the indexing a(0) = a(1) = 1, a(2) = 3, a(3) = 11, etc.
a(n) is the number of ways to insert parentheses in a string of n+1 symbols. The parentheses must be balanced but there is no restriction on the number of pairs of parentheses. The number of letters inside a pair of parentheses must be at least 2. Parentheses enclosing the whole string are ignored.
Also length of list produced by a variant of the Catalan producing iteration: replace each integer k with the list 0,1,..,k,k+1,k,...,1,0 and get the length a(n) of the resulting (flattened) list after n iterations. - Wouter Meeussen, Nov 11 2001
Stanley gives several other interpretations for these numbers.
Number of Schroeder paths of semilength n (i.e., lattice paths from (0,0) to (2n,0), with steps H=(2,0), U=(1,1) and D(1,-1) and not going below the x-axis) with no peaks at level 1. Example: a(2)=3 because among the six Schroeder paths of semilength two HH, UHD, UUDD, HUD, UDH and UDUD, only the first three have no peaks at level 1. - Emeric Deutsch, Dec 27 2003
a(n+1) is the number of Dyck n-paths in which the interior vertices of the ascents are colored white or black. - David Callan, Mar 14 2004
Number of possible schedules for n time slots in the first-come first-served (FCFS) printer policy.
a(n+1) is the number of pairs (u,v) of same-length compositions of n, 0's allowed in u but not in v and u dominates v (meaning u_1 >= v_1, u_1 + u_2 >= v_1 + v_2 and so on). For example, with n=2, a(3) counts (2,2), (1+1,1+1), (2+0,1+1). - David Callan, Jul 20 2005
The big Schroeder number (A006318) is the number of Schroeder paths from (0,0) to (n,n) (subdiagonal paths with steps (1,0) (0,1) and (1,1)). These paths fall in two classes: those with steps on the main diagonal and those without. These two classes are equinumerous and the number of paths in either class is the little Schroeder number a(n) (half the big Schroeder number). - Marcelo Aguiar (maguiar(AT)math.tamu.edu), Oct 14 2005
With offset 0, a(n) = number of (colored) Motzkin (n-1)-paths with each upstep U getting one of 2 colors and each flatstep F getting one of 3 colors. Example. With their colors immediately following upsteps/flatsteps, a(2) = 3 counts F1, F2, F3 and a(3)=11 counts U1D, U2D, F1F1, F1F2, F1F3, F2F1, F2F2, F2F3, F3F1, F3F2, F3F3. - David Callan, Aug 16 2006
Shifts left when INVERT transform applied twice. - Alois P. Heinz, Apr 01 2009
Number of increasing tableaux of shape (n,n). An increasing tableau is a semistandard tableaux with strictly increasing rows and columns, and set of entries an initial segment of the positive integers. Example: a(2) = 3 because of the three tableaux (12)(34), (13)(24), (12)(23). - Oliver Pechenik, Apr 22 2014
Number of ordered trees with no vertex of outdegree 1 and having n+1 leaves (called sometimes Schröder trees). - Emeric Deutsch, Dec 13 2014
Number of dissections of a convex (n+2)-gon by nonintersecting diagonals. Example: a(2)=3 because for a square ABCD we have (i) no diagonal, (ii) dissection with diagonal AC, and (iii) dissection with diagonal BD. - Emeric Deutsch, Dec 13 2014
The little Schroeder numbers are the moments of the Marchenko-Pastur law for the case c=2 (although the moment m0 is 1/2 instead of 1): 1/2, 1, 3, 11, 45, 197, 903, ... - Jose-Javier Martinez, Apr 07 2015
Number of generalized Motzkin paths with no level steps at height 0, from (0,0) to (2n,0), and consisting of steps U=(1,1), D=(1,-1) and H2=(2,0). For example, for n=3, we have the 11 paths: UDUDUD, UUDDUD, UDUUDD, UH2DUD, UDUH2D, UH2H2D, UUDUDD, UUUDDD, UUH2DD, UUDH2D, UH2UDD. - José Luis Ramírez Ramírez, Apr 20 2015
REVERT transform of A225883. - Vladimir Reshetnikov, Oct 25 2015
Total number of (nonempty) faces of all dimensions in the associahedron K_{n+1} of dimension n-1. For example, K_4 (a pentagon) includes 5 vertices and 5 edges together with K_4 itself (5 + 5 + 1 = 11), while K_5 includes 14 vertices, 21 edges and 9 faces together with K_5 itself (14 + 21 + 9 + 1 = 45). - Noam Zeilberger, Sep 17 2018
a(n) is the number of interval posets of permutations with n minimal elements that have exactly two realizers, up to a shift by 1 in a(4). See M. Bouvel, L. Cioni, B. Izart, Theorem 17 page 13. - Mathilde Bouvel, Oct 21 2021
a(n) is the number of sequences of nonnegative integers (u_1, u_2, ..., u_n) such that (i) u_1 = 1, (ii) u_i <= i for all i, (iii) the nonzero u_i are weakly increasing. For example, a(2) = 3 counts 10, 11, 12, and a(3) = 11 counts 100, 101, 102, 103, 110, 111, 112, 113, 120, 122, 123. See link below. - David Callan, Dec 19 2021
a(n) is the number of parking functions of size n avoiding the patterns 132 and 213. - Lara Pudwell, Apr 10 2023
a(n+1) is the number of Schroeder paths from (0,0) to (2n,0) in which level steps at height 0 come in 2 colors. - Alexander Burstein, Jul 23 2023
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FORMULA
D-finite with recurrence: (n+1) * a(n) = (6*n-3) * a(n-1) - (n-2) * a(n-2) if n>1. a(0) = a(1) = 1.
a(n) = 3*a(n-1) + 2*A065096(n-2) (n>2). If g(x) = 1 + 3*x + 11*x^2 + 45*x^3 + ... + a(n)*x^n + ..., then g(x) = 1 + 3(x*g(x)) + 2(x*g(x))^2, g(x)^2 = 1 + 6*x + 31*x^2 + 156*x^3 + ... + A065096(n)*x^n + ... - Paul D. Hanna, Jun 10 2002
a(n+1) = -a(n) + 2*Sum_{k=1..n} a(k)*a(n+1-k). - Philippe Deléham, Jan 27 2004
a(n-2) = (1/(n-1))*Sum_{k=0..n-3} binomial(n-1,k+1)*binomial(n-3,k)*2^(n-3-k) for n >= 3 [G. Polya, Elemente de Math., 12 (1957), p. 115.] - N. J. A. Sloane, Jun 13 2015
G.f.: (1 + x - sqrt(1 - 6*x + x^2) )/(4*x) = 2/(1 + x + sqrt(1 - 6*x + x^2)).
a(n) ~ W*(3+sqrt(8))^n*n^(-3/2) where W = (1/4)*sqrt((sqrt(18)-4)/Pi) [See Knuth I, p. 534, or Perez. Note that the formula on line 3, page 475 of Flajolet and Sedgewick seems to be wrong - it has to be multiplied by 2^(1/4).] - N. J. A. Sloane, Apr 10 2011
The correct asymptotic for this sequence is a(n) ~ W*(3+sqrt(8))^n*n^(-3/2), where W = (1+sqrt(2))/(2*2^(3/4)*sqrt(Pi)) = 0.404947065905750651736243... Result in book by D. Knuth (p. 539 of 3rd edition, exercise 12) is for sequence b(n), but a(n) = b(n+1)/2. Therefore is asymptotic a(n) ~ b(n) * (3+sqrt(8))/2. - Vaclav Kotesovec, Sep 09 2012
The Hankel transform of this sequence gives A006125 = 1, 1, 2, 8, 64, 1024, ...; example: det([1, 1, 3, 11; 1, 3, 11, 45; 3, 11, 45, 197; 11, 45, 197, 903]) = 2^6 = 64. - Philippe Deléham, Mar 02 2004
a(n+1) = Sum_{k=0..floor((n-1)/2)} 2^k * 3^(n-1-2k) * binomial(n-1, 2k) * Catalan(k). This formula counts colored Dyck paths by the same parameter by which Touchard's identity counts ordinary Dyck paths: number of DDUs (U=up step, D=down step). See also Gouyou-Beauchamps reference. - David Callan, Mar 14 2004
From Paul Barry, May 24 2005: (Start)
a(n) = (1/(n+1))*Sum_{k=0..n} C(n+1, k)*C(2n-k, n)*(-1)^k*2^(n-k) [with offset 0].
a(n) = (1/(n+1))*Sum_{k=0..n} C(n+1, k+1)*C(n+k, k)*(-1)^(n-k)*2^k [with offset 0].
a(n) = Sum_{k=0..n} (1/(k+1))*C(n, k)*C(n+k, k)*(-1)^(n-k)*2^k [with offset 0].
a(n) = Sum_{k=0..n} A088617(n, k)*(-1)^(n-k)*2^k [with offset 0]. (End)
E.g.f. of a(n+1) is exp(3*x)*BesselI(1, 2*sqrt(2)*x)/(sqrt(2)*x). - Vladeta Jovovic, Mar 31 2004
Reversion of (x-2*x^2)/(1-x) is g.f. offset 1.
For n>=1, a(n) = Sum_{k=0..n} 2^k*N(n, k) where N(n, k) = (1/n)*C(n, k)*C(n, k+1) are the Narayana numbers (A001263). - Benoit Cloitre, May 10 2003 [This formula counts colored Dyck paths by number of peaks, which is easy to see because the Narayana numbers count Dyck paths by number of peaks and the number of peaks determines the number of interior ascent vertices.]
a(n) = Sum_{k=0..n} A088617(n, k)*2^k*(-1)^(n-k). - Philippe Deléham, Jan 21 2004
For n > 0, a(n) = (1/(n+1)) * Sum_{k = 0 .. n-1} binomial(2*n-k, n) * binomial(n-1, k). This formula counts colored Dyck paths (as above) by number of white vertices. - David Callan, Mar 14 2004
a(n-1) = (d^(n-1)/dx^(n-1))((1-x)/(1-2*x))^n/n!|_{x=0}. (For a proof see the comment on the unsigned row sums of triangle A111785.)
From Wolfdieter Lang, Sep 12 2005: (Start)
a(n) = (1/n)*Sum_{k=1..n} binomial(n, k)*binomial(n+k, k-1).
a(n) = hypergeom([1-n, n+2], [2], -1), n>=1. (End)
a(n) = hypergeom([1-n, -n], [2], 2) for n>=0. - Peter Luschny, Sep 22 2014
a(m+n+1) = Sum_{k>=0} A110440(m, k)*A110440(n, k)*2^k = A110440(m+n, 0). - Philippe Deléham, Sep 14 2005
Sum over partitions formula (reference Schroeder paper p. 362, eq. (1) II). Number the partitions of n according to Abramowitz-Stegun pp. 831-832 (see reference under A105805) with k=1..p(n)= A000041(n). For n>=1: a(n-1) = Sum_{k=2..p(n)} A048996(n,k)*a(1)^e(k, 1)*a(1)^e(k, 2)*...*a(n-2)^e(k, n-1) if the k-th partition of n in the mentioned order is written as (1^e(k, 1), 2^e(k, 2), ..., (n-1)e(k, n-1)). Note that the first (k=1) partition (n^1) has to be omitted. - Wolfdieter Lang, Aug 23 2005
Starting (1, 3, 11, 45, ...), = row sums of triangle A126216 = A001263 * [1, 2, 4, 8, 16, ...]. - Gary W. Adamson, Nov 30 2007
From Paul Barry, May 15 2009: (Start)
G.f.: 1/(1+x-2x/(1+x-2x/(1+x-2x/(1+x-2x/(1-.... (continued fraction).
G.f.: 1/(1-x/(1-x-x/(1-x-x/(1-x-x/(1-... (continued fraction).
G.f.: 1/(1-x-2x^2/(1-3x-2x^2/(1-3x-2x^2/(1-... (continued fraction). (End)
G.f.: 1 / (1 - x / (1 - 2*x / (1 - x / (1 - 2*x / ... )))). - Michael Somos, May 19 2013
a(n) = (LegendreP(n+1,3)-3*LegendreP(n,3))/(4*n) for n>0. - Mark van Hoeij, Jul 12 2010 [This formula is mentioned in S.-J. Kettle's 1982 letter - see link. N. J. A. Sloane, Jun 13 2015]
From Gary W. Adamson, Jul 08 2011: (Start)
a(n) = upper left term in M^n, where M is the production matrix:
1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, ...
2, 2, 2, 0, 0, 0, ...
1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0, ...
2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 0, ...
1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, ...
... (End)
From Gary W. Adamson, Aug 23 2011: (Start)
a(n) is the sum of top row terms of Q^(n-1), where Q is the infinite square production matrix:
1, 2, 0, 0, 0, ...
1, 1, 2, 0, 0, ...
1, 1, 1, 2, 0, ...
1, 1, 1, 1, 2, ...
... (End)
Let h(t) = (1-t)^2/(2*(1-t)^2-1) = 1/(1-(2*t+3*t^2+4*t^3+...)), an o.g.f. for A003480, then for A001003 a(n) = (1/n!)*((h(t)*d/dt)^n) t, evaluated at t=0, with initial n=1. (Cf. A086810.) - Tom Copeland, Sep 06 2011
A006318(n) = 2*a(n) if n>0. - Michael Somos, Mar 31 2007
BINOMIAL transform is A118376 with offset 0. REVERT transform is A153881. INVERT transform is A006318. INVERT transform of A114710. HANKEL transform is A139685. PSUM transform is A104858. - Michael Somos, May 19 2013
G.f.: 1 + x/(Q(0) - x) where Q(k) = 1 + k*(1-x) - x - x*(k+1)*(k+2)/Q(k+1) ; (continued fraction). - Sergei N. Gladkovskii, Mar 14 2013
a(n)=(-1)^n*LegendreP(n,-1,-3)/sqrt(2), n > 0, LegendreP(n,a,b) is the Legendre function. - Karol A. Penson, Jul 06 2013
Integral representation as n-th moment of a positive weight function W(x) = W_a(x) + W_c(x), where W_a(x) = Dirac(x)/2, is the discrete (atomic) part, and W_c(x) = sqrt(8-(x-3)^2)/(4*Pi*x) is the continuous part of W(x) defined on (3 sqrt(8),3+sqrt(8)): a(n) = int( x^n*W_a(x), x=-eps..eps ) + int( x^n*W_c(x), x = 3-sqrt(8)..3+sqrt(8) ), for any eps>0, n>=0. W_c(x) is unimodal, of bounded variation and W_c(3-sqrt(8)) = W_c(3+sqrt(8)) = 0. Note that the position of the Dirac peak (x=0) lies outside support of W_c(x). - Karol A. Penson and Wojciech Mlotkowski, Aug 05 2013
G.f.: 1 + x/G(x) with G(x) = 1 - 3*x - 2*x^2/G(x) (continued fraction). - Nikolaos Pantelidis, Dec 17 2022
EXAMPLE
G.f. = 1 + x + 3*x^2 + 11*x^3 + 45*x^4 + 197*x^5 + 903*x^6 + 4279*x^7 + ...
a(2) = 3: abc, a(bc), (ab)c; a(3) = 11: abcd, (ab)cd, a(bc)d, ab(cd), (ab)(cd), a(bcd), a(b(cd)), a((bc)d), (abc)d, (a(bc))d, ((ab)c)d.
Sum over partitions formula: a(3) = 2*a(0)*a(2) + 1*a(1)^2 + 3*(a(0)^2)*a(1) + 1*a(0)^4 = 6 + 1 + 3 + 1 = 11.
a(4) = 45 since the top row of Q^3 = (11, 14, 12, 8, 0, 0, 0, ...); (11 + 14 + 12 + 8) = 45.
MAPLE
t1 := (1/(4*x))*(1+x-sqrt(1-6*x+x^2)); series(t1, x, 40);
invtr:= proc(p) local b; b:= proc(n) option remember; local i; `if`(n<1, 1, add(b(n-i) *p(i-1), i=1..n+1)) end end: a:='a': f:= (invtr@@2)(a): a:= proc(n) if n<0 then 1 else f(n-1) fi end: seq(a(n), n=0..30); # Alois P. Heinz, Apr 01 2009
# Computes n -> [a[0], a[1], .., a[n]]
A001003_list := proc(n) local j, a, w; a := array(0..n); a[0] := 1;
for w from 1 to n do a[w] := a[w-1]+2*add(a[j]*a[w-j-1], j=1..w-1) od;
convert(a, list) end: A001003_list(100); # Peter Luschny, May 17 2011
MATHEMATICA
Table[Length[Flatten[Nest[ #/.a_Integer:> Join[Range[0, a + 1], Range[a, 0, -1]] &, {0}, n]]], {n, 0, 10}]; Sch[ 0 ] = Sch[ 1 ] = 1; Sch[ n_Integer ] := Sch[ n ] = (3(2n - 1)Sch[ n - 1 ] - (n - 2)Sch[ n - 2 ])/(n + 1); Array[ Sch, 24, 0]
(* Second program: *)
a[n_] := Hypergeometric2F1[-n + 1, n + 2, 2, -1]; a[0] = 1; Table[a[n], {n, 0, 23}] (* Jean-François Alcover, Nov 09 2011, after Vladeta Jovovic *)
a[ n_] := SeriesCoefficient[ (1 + x - Sqrt[1 - 6 x + x^2]) / (4 x), {x, 0, n}]; (* Michael Somos, Aug 26 2015 *)
Table[(KroneckerDelta[n] - GegenbauerC[n+1, -1/2, 3])/4, {n, 0, 20}] (* Vladimir Reshetnikov, Oct 25 2015 *)
a[n_] := -LegendreP[n, -1, 2, 3] I / Sqrt[2]; a[0] = 1;
Table[a[n], {n, 0, 23}] (* Jean-François Alcover, Feb 16 2019 *)
a[1]:=1; a[2]:=1; a[n_]:=a[n] = a[n-1]+2 Sum[a[k] a[n-k], {k, 2, n-1}]; Map[a, Range[24]] (* Oliver Seipel, Nov 03 2024, after Schröder 1870 *)
PROG
(PARI) {a(n) = if( n<1, n==0, sum( k=0, n, 2^k * binomial(n, k) * binomial(n, k-1) ) / (2*n))}; /* Michael Somos, Mar 31 2007 */
(PARI) {a(n) = my(A); if( n<1, n==0, n--; A = x * O(x^n); n! * simplify( polcoef( exp(3*x + A) * besseli(1, 2*x * quadgen(8) + A), n)))}; /* Michael Somos, Mar 31 2007 */
(PARI) {a(n) = if( n<0, 0, n++; polcoef( serreverse( (x - 2*x^2) / (1 - x) + x * O(x^n)), n))}; /* Michael Somos, Mar 31 2007 */
(PARI) N=30; x='x+O('x^N); Vec( (1+x-(1-6*x+x^2)^(1/2))/(4*x) ) \\ Hugo Pfoertner, Nov 19 2018
(Python) # The objective of this implementation is efficiency.
# n -> [a(0), a(1), ..., a(n)]
def A001003_list(n):
a = [0 for i in range(n)]
a[0] = 1
for w in range(1, n):
s = 0
for j in range(1, w):
s += a[j]*a[w-j-1]
a[w] = a[w-1]+2*s
return a
# Peter Luschny, May 17 2011
(Sage) # Generalized algorithm of L. Seidel
def A001003_list(n) :
D = [0]*(n+1); D[1] = 1/2
b = True; h = 2; R = [1]
for i in range(2*n-2) :
if b :
for k in range(h, 0, -1) : D[k] += D[k-1]
h += 1;
else :
for k in range(1, h, 1) : D[k] += D[k-1]
R.append(D[h-1]);
b = not b
return R
A001003_list(24) # Peter Luschny, Jun 02 2012
(Haskell)
a001003 = last . a144944_row -- Reinhard Zumkeller, May 11 2013
(Python)
from gmpy2 import divexact
A001003 = [1, 1]
for n in range(3, 10**3):
# Chai Wah Wu, Sep 01 2014
(Magma)
R<x>:=PowerSeriesRing(Rationals(), 50);
Coefficients(R!( (1+x -Sqrt(1-6*x+x^2) )/(4*x) )); // G. C. Greubel, Oct 27 2024
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