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Positive integers written as $\binom{w}2+\binom{x}4+\binom{y}6+\binom{z}8$ with $w,x,y,z\in\{2,3,\ldots\}$

Let $\mathbb N=\{0,1,2,\ldots\}$. Recall that the triangular numbers are those natural numbers $$T_x=\frac {x(x+1)}2\quad \text{with}\ x\in\mathbb N.$$ As $T_x=\binom{x+1}2$, Gauss' triangular number ...
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Suitable closed form for the A079501

Let $a(n)$ be A079501 (i.e., number of compositions of the integer $n$ with strictly smallest part in the first position). The sequence begins with $$ 1, 1, 2, 2, 4, 5, 8, 12, 19, 28, 45, 70, 110, ...
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Closed form expression for a recursion relation with binomial coefficients

I am interested in the following sequence: $$ T_n = \sum\limits^{n-1}_{k=0} \begin{pmatrix} n \\ k \end{pmatrix} T_{k}, \ \ \ \ T_0 = C \in \mathbb{N} $$ I would like to express it as a function of n, ...
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Some conjectural congruences involving Domb numbers

The Domb numbers are given by $$D_n=\sum_{k=0}^n\binom{n}{k}^2\binom{2k}k\binom{2(n-k)}{n-k}\ \ \ (n=0,1,2,\ldots).$$ Such numbers have combinatorial interpretation, see, e.g., http://oeis.org/A002895....
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On the polynomials $\sum_{k=0}^n\binom{n+k}k^m q^k$

A sequence of polynomials $$P_0(q),\ P_1(q),\ P_2(q),\ \ldots$$ with real coefficients is called $q$-log-convex if for each $n=1,2,3,\ldots$ every coefficient of the polynomial $P_{n+1}(q)P_{n-1}(q)-...
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A binomial coefficient identity involving two parameters

In a recent calculation I obtain a result involving the following expression depending on two integers $n,m\geq 0$: $$S(n,m):=\frac{(n+m+1)!}{n!m!}\sum_{l=0}^{n+m}\frac{1}{n+m-l+1}\sum_{\substack{j+k=...
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An integer sequence related to Pascal’s triangle

We need someone expert in binomial coefficients (subject 11B65) to recognize the integer sequence generated by an iterative formula we have encountered while working on a project about Pascal’s ...
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Integer coefficients such that $T(n,k)=R(n,k)-R(n,k-1)$

Let $a(n)$ be A000085, i.e., the number of self-inverse permutations on $n$ letters, also known as involutions; number of standard Young tableaux with $n$ cells. Here $$a(n) = a(n-1) + (n-1)a(n-2), a(...
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In search of multiple expressions for a sequence

The sequence $a_n=\sum_{k=0}^n\binom{n}k^24^k$ is listed on OEIS along with a couple of combinatorial interpretations. What interested me at the moment is the plethora of binomial single-sums for the ...
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