OFFSET
0,3
COMMENTS
Number of Weyl group elements contributing nonzero terms to Kostant's weight multiplicity formula when computing the multiplicity of the zero-weight in the adjoint representation for the Lie algebra of type B and rank n.
LINKS
P. E. Harris, Combinatorial problems related to Kostant's weight multiplicity formula, PhD Dissertation, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 2012.
P. E. Harris, E. Insko, and L. K. Williams, The adjoint representation of a Lie algebra and the support of Kostant's weight multiplicity formula, arXiv preprint arXiv:1401.0055 [math.RT], 2013.
B. Kostant, A Formula for the Multiplicity of a Weight, Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1958 June; 44(6): 588-589.
Index entries for linear recurrences with constant coefficients, signature (1,1,3,1).
FORMULA
a(n) = a(n-1)+a(n-2)+3*a(n-3)+a(n-4). G.f.: -x*(2*x^2+x+1) / (x^4+3*x^3+x^2+x-1). - Colin Barker, Jan 01 2014
MAPLE
r:=proc(n::nonnegint)
if n=0 then return 0:
elif n=1 then return 0:
elif n=2 then return 2:
elif n=3 then return 3:
else return
r(n-1)+r(n-2)+3*r(n-3)+r(n-4):
end if;
end proc:
a:=proc(n::nonnegint)
if n=0 then return 0:
elif n=1 then return 1:
else return
r(n)+r(n-1)+r(n-2):
end if;
end proc:
MATHEMATICA
LinearRecurrence[{1, 1, 3, 1}, {0, 1, 2, 5}, 31] (* Jean-François Alcover, Nov 26 2017 *)
PROG
(PARI) Vec(-x*(2*x^2+x+1)/(x^4+3*x^3+x^2+x-1) + O(x^100)) \\ Colin Barker, Jan 01 2014
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,easy
AUTHOR
Pamela E Harris, Nov 19 2013
STATUS
approved