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A047653 Constant term in expansion of (1/2) * Prod_{k=-n..n} 1+x^k. 10
1, 2, 4, 10, 26, 76, 236, 760, 2522, 8556, 29504, 103130, 364548, 1300820, 4679472, 16952162, 61790442, 226451036, 833918840, 3084255128, 11451630044, 42669225172, 159497648600, 597950875256, 2247724108772, 8470205600640 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; internal format)
OFFSET

0,2

COMMENTS

Or, constant term in expansion of Prod_{k=1..n} (x^k+1/x^k)^2. - N. J. A. Sloane (njas(AT)research.att.com), Jul 09 2008

Or, maximal coefficient of the polynomial (1+x)^2 * (1+x^2)^2 *...* (1+x^n)^2.

a(n) = A000302(n) - A181765(n).

REFERENCES

R. P. Stanley, Weyl groups, the hard Lefschetz theorem and the Sperner property, SIAM J. Algebraic and Discrete Methods 1 (1980), 168-184.

LINKS

T. D. Noe, Table of n, a(n) for n=0..200

S. R. Finch, Signum equations and extremal coefficients.

FORMULA

Sum of squares of coefficients in Product_{k=1..n} (1+x^k):

a(n) = Sum_{k=0..n(n+1)/2} A053632(n,k)^2. [From Paul D. Hanna (pauldhanna(AT)juno.com), Nov 30 2010]

MAPLE

f:=n->coeff( expand( mul((x^k+1/x^k)^2, k=1..n) ), x, 0);

PROG

(PARI) a(n)=polcoeff(prod(k=-n, n, 1+x^k), 0)/2

(PARI) {a(n)=sum(k=0, n*(n+1)/2, polcoeff(prod(m=1, n, 1+x^m+x*O(x^k)), k)^2)} [From Paul D. Hanna]

CROSSREFS

a(n)=A000980(n)/2. Cf. A025591.

Cf. A053632; variant: A127728.

Sequence in context: A007578 A007580 A000085 * A148100 A149815 A149816

Adjacent sequences:  A047650 A047651 A047652 * A047654 A047655 A047656

KEYWORD

nonn

AUTHOR

N. J. A. Sloane (njas(AT)research.att.com).

EXTENSIONS

More terms from Michael Somos, Jun 10, 2000.

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