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Gaussian binomial coefficients [ n,8 ] for q = 3.
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%I #17 Sep 08 2022 08:44:46

%S 1,9841,72636421,494894285941,3287582741506063,21658948312410865183,

%T 142299528422960399756323,934054234760012359481199283,

%U 6129263888495201102915629695046,40216143252770054194345243936096486,263862583736385343242102717216527933566

%N Gaussian binomial coefficients [ n,8 ] for q = 3.

%D F. J. MacWilliams and N. J. A. Sloane, The Theory of Error-Correcting Codes, Elsevier-North Holland, 1978, p. 698.

%H Vincenzo Librandi, <a href="/A022199/b022199.txt">Table of n, a(n) for n = 8..200</a>

%F G.f.: x^8/((1-x)*(1-3*x)*(1-9*x)*(1-27*x)*(1-81*x)*(1-243*x)*(1-729*x)*(1-2187*x)*(1-6561*x)). - _Vincenzo Librandi_, Aug 07 2016

%F a(n) = Product_{i=1..8} (3^(n-i+1)-1)/(3^i-1), by definition. - _Vincenzo Librandi_, Aug 07 2016

%t Table[QBinomial[n, 8, 3], {n, 8, 20}] (* _Vincenzo Librandi_, Aug 07 2016 *)

%o (Sage) [gaussian_binomial(n,8,3) for n in range(8,19)] # _Zerinvary Lajos_, May 25 2009

%o (Magma) r:=8; q:=3; [&*[(1-q^(n-i+1))/(1-q^i): i in [1..r]]: n in [r..20]]; // _Vincenzo Librandi_, Aug 07 2016

%o (PARI) r=8; q=3; for(n=r,30, print1(prod(j=1,r,(1-q^(n-j+1))/(1-q^j)), ", ")) \\ _G. C. Greubel_, May 30 2018

%K nonn,easy

%O 8,2

%A _N. J. A. Sloane_

%E Offset changed by _Vincenzo Librandi_, Aug 07 2016