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A008412 Coordination sequence for 4-dimensional cubic lattice (points on surface of 4-dimensional cross-polytope). 12
1, 8, 32, 88, 192, 360, 608, 952, 1408, 1992, 2720, 3608, 4672, 5928, 7392, 9080, 11008, 13192, 15648, 18392, 21440, 24808, 28512, 32568, 36992, 41800, 47008, 52632, 58688, 65192, 72160, 79608 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; text; internal format)
OFFSET

0,2

COMMENTS

Coordination sequence for 4-dimensional cyclotomic lattice Z[zeta_8].

If Y_i (i=1,2,3,4) are 2-blocks of a (n+4)-set X then a(n-3) is the number of 7-subsets of X intersecting each Y_i (i=1,2,3,4). - Milan Janjic, Oct 28 2007

REFERENCES

M. Beck and S. Hosten, Cyclotomic polytopes and growth series of cyclotomic lattices, arXiv math.CO/0508136.

M. O'Keeffe, Coordination sequences for lattices, Zeit. f. Krist., 210 (1995), 905-908.

LINKS

T. D. Noe, Table of n, a(n) for n=0..1000

J. H. Conway and N. J. A. Sloane, Low-Dimensional Lattices VII: Coordination Sequences, Proc. Royal Soc. London, A453 (1997), 2369-2389 (Abstract, pdf, ps).

Milan Janjic, Two Enumerative Functions

Index to sequences with linear recurrences with constant coefficients, signature (4,-6,4,-1).

FORMULA

G.f.: ((1+x)/(1-x))^4.

MAPLE

8/3*n^3+16/3*n;

MATHEMATICA

CoefficientList[Series[((1+x)/(1-x))^4, {x, 0, 40}], x] (* or *) LinearRecurrence[{4, -6, 4, -1}, {1, 8, 32, 88, 192}, 41] (* From Harvey P. Dale, June 10 2011 *)

PROG

(PARI) a(n)=if(n, 8*(n^2+2)*n/3, 1) \\ Charles R Greathouse IV, Jun 10 2011

CROSSREFS

Cf. A001845.

First differences of A001846.

Sequence in context: A211633 A130809 A018839 * A014819 A033155 A132117

Adjacent sequences:  A008409 A008410 A008411 * A008413 A008414 A008415

KEYWORD

nonn,easy,nice,changed

AUTHOR

N. J. A. Sloane.

STATUS

approved

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