Pfaffian evaluations for Motzkin, Delannoy, Schröder and Narayana sequences
Pfaffian evaluations for Motzkin, Delannoy, Schröder and Narayana sequences
Let be the Motzkin numbers, the central Delannoy numbers, the Schröder numbers, and the Narayana polynomials, with . Motzkin–Delannoy–Schröder–Narayana Pfaffian conjecture. For every integer ,
and
These are conjectural Pfaffian evaluations based on lattice-path sequences and computer experiments. Since , , and the stated relation expresses through , proving the Narayana identity would imply the Motzkin and Schröder identities; the conjecture remains open.
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Primary source
Masao Ishikawa, Hiroyuki Tagawa and Jiang Zeng, “Pfaffian decomposition and a Pfaffian analogue of q-Catalan Hankel determinants”, arXiv:1011.5941 (2010).
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