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Number of walks within N^3 (the first octant of Z^3) starting at (0,0,0) and consisting of n steps taken from {(-1, -1, 0), (-1, 0, 0), (0, -1, 1), (1, -1, -1), (1, 1, 0)}.
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%I #5 Nov 05 2025 15:22:13

%S 1,1,4,9,32,103,361,1307,4792,18033,68631,265451,1034256,4083197,

%T 16204618,64889975,261337858,1058251013,4309632977,17616277293,

%U 72364546556,298151009423,1233408725210,5115914210353,21288345954796,88803907834511,371383647629043,1556761843796677,6538881650516046

%N Number of walks within N^3 (the first octant of Z^3) starting at (0,0,0) and consisting of n steps taken from {(-1, -1, 0), (-1, 0, 0), (0, -1, 1), (1, -1, -1), (1, 1, 0)}.

%H A. Bostan and M. Kauers, 2008. Automatic Classification of Restricted Lattice Walks, <a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/0811.2899">ArXiv 0811.2899</a>.

%t aux[i_Integer, j_Integer, k_Integer, n_Integer] := Which[Min[i, j, k, n] < 0 || Max[i, j, k] > n, 0, n == 0, KroneckerDelta[i, j, k, n], True, aux[i, j, k, n] = aux[-1 + i, -1 + j, k, -1 + n] + aux[-1 + i, 1 + j, 1 + k, -1 + n] + aux[i, 1 + j, -1 + k, -1 + n] + aux[1 + i, j, k, -1 + n] + aux[1 + i, 1 + j, k, -1 + n]]; Table[Sum[aux[i, j, k, n], {i, 0, n}, {j, 0, n}, {k, 0, n}], {n, 0, 10}]

%K nonn,walk

%O 0,3

%A _Manuel Kauers_, Nov 18 2008