OFFSET
0,4
COMMENTS
These walks are not restricted to the first (nonnegative) octant.
LINKS
FORMULA
T(n,k) = T(n,n-k).
EXAMPLE
Triangle T(n,k) begins:
1;
1, 1;
3, 4, 3;
7, 15, 15, 7;
19, 52, 72, 52, 19;
51, 175, 300, 300, 175, 51;
141, 576, 1185, 1480, 1185, 576, 141;
393, 1869, 4473, 6685, 6685, 4473, 1869, 393;
1107, 6000, 16380, 28392, 33880, 28392, 16380, 6000, 1107;
...
MAPLE
b:= proc(l) option remember; `if`(l[-1]=0, 1, (r-> add(add(
add(`if`(i+j+k=1, (h-> `if`(add(t, t=h)<0, 0, b(h)))(
sort(l-[i, j, k])), 0), k=r), j=r), i=r))([$-1..1]))
end:
T:= (n, k)-> b(sort([0, k, n-k])):
seq(seq(T(n, k), k=0..n), n=0..12);
MATHEMATICA
b[l_List] := b[l] = If[l[[-1]] == 0, 1, Sum[If[i + j + k == 1, Function[h, If[Total[h] < 0, 0, b[h]]][Sort[l - {i, j, k}]], 0], {i, {-1, 0, 1}}, {j, {-1, 0, 1}}, {k, {-1, 0, 1}}]];
T[n_, k_] := b[Sort[{0, k, n - k}]];
Table[T[n, k], {n, 0, 12}, {k, 0, n}] // Flatten (* Jean-François Alcover, Apr 30 2020, after Alois P. Heinz *)
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
AUTHOR
Alois P. Heinz, Oct 13 2019
STATUS
approved