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Number of reduced words of length n in the Weyl group D_24.
49

%I #13 Feb 21 2024 11:35:15

%S 1,24,299,2576,17249,95656,457170,1934920,7396155,25914720,84197296,

%T 256013184,734002335,1996645640,5180091511,12874497504,30770197710,

%U 70952341040,158302199085,342599792520,720836052690,1477396844040

%N Number of reduced words of length n in the Weyl group D_24.

%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)*Product_{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;

%t f[m_] := (1-x^m)/(1-x);

%t With[{k = 24}, CoefficientList[f[k]*Product[f[2i], {i, 1, k-1}] + O[x]^(k-2), x]] (* _Jean-François Alcover_, Feb 15 2023, after Maple code *)

%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