Invariant number triangles, eigentriangles and Somos-4 sequences

Abstract

Using the language of Riordan arrays, we look at two related iterative processes on matrices and determine which matrices are invariant under these processes. In a special case, the invariant sequences that arise are conjectured to have Hankel transforms that obey Somos-4 recurrences. A notion of eigentriangle for a number triangle emerges and examples are given, including a construction of the Takeuchi numbers.

13 pages