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A073966
Number of strings of length n over Z_5 with trace 1 and subtrace 0.
7
1, 2, 6, 20, 125, 625, 3150, 15500, 78000, 390625, 1955625, 9768750, 48831250, 244125000, 1220703125, 6103515625, 30517656250, 152587500000, 762939062500, 3814697265625, 19073494140625, 95367441406250, 476837167968750, 2384185742187500, 11920928955078125
OFFSET
1,2
COMMENTS
Same as the number of strings of length n over Z_5 with: trace 2 and subtrace 0, trace 3 and subtrace 0, or trace 4 and subtrace 0.
Same as the number of strings of length n over GF(5) with: trace 2 and subtrace 0, or trace 3 and subtrace 0.
FORMULA
a(n; t, s) = a(n-1; t, s) + a(n-1; t+4, s+4t+1) + a(n-1; t+3, s+3t+4) + a(n-1; t+2, s+2t+4) + a(n-1; t+1, s+t+1).
Empirical g.f.: -x*(25*x^6 -50*x^5 +15*x^4 +20*x^3 -21*x^2 +8*x -1) / ((5*x -1)*(5*x^2 -1)*(25*x^4 -25*x^3 +15*x^2 -5*x +1)). - Colin Barker, Nov 25 2014
KEYWORD
easy,nonn
AUTHOR
Frank Ruskey, Nate Kube, Aug 15 2002
EXTENSIONS
Terms a(11) onward from Max Alekseyev, Apr 09 2013
STATUS
approved