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A143008 Crystal ball sequence for the A2 x A2 lattice. 4
1, 13, 73, 253, 661, 1441, 2773, 4873, 7993, 12421, 18481, 26533, 36973, 50233, 66781, 87121, 111793, 141373, 176473, 217741, 265861, 321553, 385573, 458713, 541801, 635701, 741313, 859573, 991453, 1137961, 1300141, 1479073, 1675873, 1891693, 2127721 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; internal format)
OFFSET

0,2

COMMENTS

The A_2 lattice consists of all vectors v = (a,b,c) in Z^3 such that a+b+c = 0. The lattice is equipped with the norm ||v|| = 1/2*(|a| + |b| + |c|). Pairs of lattice points (v,w) in the product lattice A_2 x A_2 have norm ||(v,w)|| = ||v|| + ||w||. Then the k_th term in the crystal ball sequence for the A_2 x A_2 lattice gives the number of such pairs (v,w) for which ||(v,w)|| is less than or equal to k.

LINKS

R. Bacher, P. de la Harpe and B. Venkov, Series de croissance et series d'Ehrhart associees aux reseaux de racines, C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris, 325 (Series 1) (1997), 1137-1142.

FORMULA

Row 2 of A143007. a(n) := (3*n^4+6*n^3+9*n^2+6*n+2)/2. O.g.f. : 1/(1-x)*[Legendre_P(2,(1+x)/(1-x))]^2. Apery's constant zeta(3) = 9/8 + sum {n = 1..inf} 1/(n^3*a(n-1)*a(n)).

a(0)=1, a(1)=13, a(2)=73, a(3)=253, a(4)=661, a(n)=5*a(n-1)-10*a(n-2)+ 10*a(n-3)-5*a(n-4)+a(n-5) [From Harvey P. Dale, June 14 2011]

EXAMPLE

a(1) = 13. a(1) gives the number of pairs of vectors (v,w) in the hyperplane a+b+c = 0 in Z^3 with ||v||+||w|| <= 1. Either v = w = (0,0,0), or v = (0,0,0) and w is one of the six possibilities (0,1,-1), (0,-1,1), (1,0,-1), (1,-1,0), (-1,0,1), (-1,1,0) or, alternatively, w =(0,0,0) and v equals one of these six possibilities.

MAPLE

p := n -> (3*n^4+6*n^3+9*n^2+6*n+2)/2: seq(p(n), n = 0..24);

MATHEMATICA

Table[(3n^4+6n^3+9n^2+6n+2)/2, {n, 0, 45}] (* or *) LinearRecurrence[ {5, -10, 10, -5, 1}, {1, 13, 73, 253, 661}, 45] (* From Harvey P. Dale, June 14 2011 *)

CROSSREFS

Cf. A143007, A143009, A143010, A143011.

Sequence in context: A125258 A060886 A081586 * A107963 A006230 A066110

Adjacent sequences:  A143005 A143006 A143007 * A143009 A143010 A143011

KEYWORD

easy,nonn

AUTHOR

Peter Bala (pbala(AT)toucansurf.com), Jul 22 2008

EXTENSIONS

More terms from Harvey P. Dale, June 14 2011.

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