%I #31 Sep 20 2024 13:05:25
%S 1,113,2705,28129,177697,807505,2908337,8818625,23429185,56070193,
%T 123302609,252868001,489082465,899992081,1586639089,2694819713,
%U 4429746305,7074058225,11009657617,16743877985
%N Crystal ball sequence for D_8 lattice.
%H Vincenzo Librandi, <a href="/A008362/b008362.txt">Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..1000</a>
%H J. H. Conway and N. J. A. Sloane, Low-Dimensional Lattices VII: Coordination Sequences, Proc. Royal Soc. London, A453 (1997), 2369-2389 (<a href="http://neilsloane.com/doc/Me220.pdf">pdf</a>).
%H <a href="/index/Cor#crystal_ball">Index entries for crystal ball sequences</a>
%H <a href="/index/Rec#order_09">Index entries for linear recurrences with constant coefficients</a>, signature (9, -36, 84, -126, 126, -84, 36, -9, 1).
%F a(n) = 248/315*n^8+992/315*n^7+32/3*n^6+944/45*n^5+144/5*n^4+1184/45*n^3+992/63*n^2+584/105*n+1 (see MAPLE line).
%F G.f.: (1+104*x+1724*x^2+7768*x^3+12550*x^4+7768*x^5+1724*x^6+104*x^7+x^8)/(1-x)^9. [Colin Barker, Mar 16 2012]
%p 248/315*n^8+992/315*n^7+32/3*n^6+944/45*n^5+144/5*n^4+1184/45*n^3+992/63*n^2+584/105*n+1;
%t CoefficientList[Series[(1+104*x+1724*x^2+ 7768* x^3+12550*x^4+7768*x^5+ 1724*x^6+ 104*x^7+ x^8)/(1-x)^9,{x,0,1003}],x] (* _Vincenzo Librandi_, Apr 16 2012 *)
%t LinearRecurrence[{9,-36,84,-126,126,-84,36,-9,1},{1,113,2705,28129,177697,807505,2908337,8818625,23429185},20] (* _Harvey P. Dale_, Sep 20 2024 *)
%o (Magma) [248/315*n^8+992/315*n^7+32/3*n^6+944/45*n^5+ 144/5*n^4+1184/45*n^3+992/63*n^2+584/105*n+1: n in [0..30]]; // _Vincenzo Librandi_, Apr 16 2012
%K nonn,easy
%O 0,2
%A _N. J. A. Sloane_ and _J. H. Conway_