Hankel-type determinants for some combinatorial sequences
Combinatorics
2018-08-03 v4
Abstract
In this paper we confirm several conjectures of Z.-W. Sun on Hankel-type determinants for some combinatorial sequences including Franel numbers, Domb numbers and Ap\'ery numbers. For any nonnegative integer , define \begin{gather*}f_n:=\sum_{k=0}^n\binom nk^3,\ D_n:=\sum_{k=0}^n\binom nk^2\binom{2k}k\binom{2(n-k)}{n-k}, b_n:=\sum_{k=0}^n\binom nk^2\binom{n+k}k,\ A_n:=\sum_{k=0}^n\binom nk^2\binom{n+k}k^2. \end{gather*} For , we show that and are positive odd integers, and and are always integers.
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@article{arxiv.1609.06810,
title = {Hankel-type determinants for some combinatorial sequences},
author = {Bao-Xuan Zhu and Zhi-Wei Sun},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1609.06810},
year = {2018}
}
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13 pages, final published version