%I #9 Feb 21 2024 11:32:17
%S 1,18,170,1122,5813,25176,94791,318630,974643,2752112,7253764,
%T 18003544,42378246,95162260,204856291,424515042,849825768,1648470894,
%U 3106669574,5701318526,10209535012,17871859722,30631153147,51476598044,84931517948
%N Number of reduced words of length n in the Weyl group D_18.
%D N. Bourbaki, Groupes et alg. de Lie, Chap. 4, 5, 6. (The group is defined in Planche IV.)
%D J. E. Humphreys, Reflection Groups and Coxeter Groups, Cambridge, 1990. See under Poincaré polynomial.
%H <a href="/index/Gre#GROWTH">Index entries for growth series for groups</a>
%F The growth series for D_k is the polynomial f(k)*Prod_{i=1..k-1} f(2*i), where f(m) = (1-x^m)/(1-x) [Corrected by _N. J. A. Sloane_, Aug 07 2021]. This is a row of the triangle in A162206.
%p # Growth series for D_k, truncated to terms of order M. - _N. J. A. Sloane_, Aug 07 2021
%p f := proc(m::integer) (1-x^m)/(1-x) ; end proc:
%p g := proc(k,M) local a,i; global f;
%p a:=f(k)*mul(f(2*i),i=1..k-1);
%p seriestolist(series(a,x,M+1));
%p end proc;
%Y Growth series for groups D_n, n = 3,...,50: A161435, A162207, A162208, A162209, A162210, A162211, A162212, A162248, A162288, A162297, A162300, A162301, A162321, A162327, A162328, A162346, A162347, A162359, A162360, A162364, A162365, A162366, A162367, A162368, A162369, A162370, A162376, A162377, A162378, A162379, A162380, A162381, A162384, A162388, A162389, A162392, A162399, A162402, A162403, A162411, A162412, A162413, A162418, A162452, A162456, A162461, A162469, A162492; also A162206.
%K nonn
%O 0,2
%A _John Cannon_ and _N. J. A. Sloane_, Dec 01 2009