A167882 - OEIS

A167882

Number of reduced words of length n in Coxeter group on 4 generators S_i with relations (S_i)^2 = (S_i S_j)^16 = I.

1, 4, 12, 36, 108, 324, 972, 2916, 8748, 26244, 78732, 236196, 708588, 2125764, 6377292, 19131876, 57395622, 172186848, 516560496, 1549681344, 4649043600, 13947129504, 41841384624, 125524142208, 376572391632, 1129717069920

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OFFSET

0,2

COMMENTS

The initial terms coincide with those of A003946, although the two sequences are eventually different.

Computed with MAGMA using commands similar to those used to compute A154638.

LINKS

G. C. Greubel, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..500

Index entries for linear recurrences with constant coefficients, signature (2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, -3).

FORMULA

G.f.: (t^16 + 2*t^15 + 2*t^14 + 2*t^13 + 2*t^12 + 2*t^11 + 2*t^10 + 2*t^9 + 2*t^8 + 2*t^7 + 2*t^6 + 2*t^5 + 2*t^4 + 2*t^3 + 2*t^2 + 2*t + 1) / ( 3*t^16 - 2*t^15 - 2*t^14 - 2*t^13 - 2*t^12 - 2*t^11 - 2*t^10 - 2*t^9 - 2*t^8 - 2*t^7 - 2*t^6 - 2*t^5 - 2*t^4 - 2*t^3 - 2*t^2 - 2*t + 1).

MATHEMATICA

CoefficientList[Series[(t^16 + 2*t^15 + 2*t^14 + 2*t^13 + 2*t^12 + 2*t^11 + 2*t^10 + 2*t^9 + 2*t^8 + 2*t^7 + 2*t^6 + 2*t^5 + 2*t^4 + 2*t^3 + 2*t^2 + 2*t + 1)/(3*t^16 - 2*t^15 - 2*t^14 - 2*t^13 - 2*t^12 - 2*t^11 - 2*t^10 - 2*t^9 - 2*t^8 - 2*t^7 - 2*t^6 - 2*t^5 - 2*t^4 - 2*t^3 - 2*t^2 - 2*t + 1), {t, 0, 50}], t] (* G. C. Greubel, Jun 29 2016 *)

CROSSREFS

Sequence in context: A166858 A167105 A167649 * A168681 A168729 A168777

Adjacent sequences: A167879 A167880 A167881 * A167883 A167884 A167885

KEYWORD

nonn

AUTHOR

John Cannon and N. J. A. Sloane, Dec 03 2009

STATUS

approved