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A003788
Order of universal Chevalley group A_n (4).
1
1, 60, 60480, 987033600, 258492255436800, 1083930404878024704000, 72736898347485916060188672000, 78099458182389588115529148326215680000, 1341733356588640095264385107865053233298800640000
OFFSET
0,2
REFERENCES
J. H. Conway, R. T. Curtis, S. P. Norton, R. A. Parker and R. A. Wilson, ATLAS of Finite Groups. Oxford Univ. Press, 1985 [for best online version see https://oeis.org/wiki/Welcome#Links_to_Other_Sites], p. xvi.
H. S. M. Coxeter and W. O. J. Moser, Generators and Relations for Discrete Groups, 4th ed., Springer-Verlag, NY, reprinted 1984, p. 131.
LINKS
Geoffrey Critzer, Combinatorics of Vector Spaces over Finite Fields, Master's thesis, Emporia State University, 2018.
FORMULA
Numbers so far appear to equal A053291(n)/3. - Ralf Stephan, Mar 30 2004
a(n) = A(4,n) where A(q,n) is defined in A003787. - Sean A. Irvine, Sep 18 2015
MATHEMATICA
f[m_, n_] := m^(n (n + 1)/2) Product[m^k - 1, {k, 2, n + 1}];
f[4, #] & /@ Range[0, 8] (* Michael De Vlieger, Sep 18 2015 *)
PROG
(Magma) [&*[(4^n - 4^k): k in [0..n-1]]/3: n in [1..8]]; // Vincenzo Librandi, Sep 19 2015
CROSSREFS
Sequence in context: A221936 A225990 A185560 * A222019 A123378 A221692
KEYWORD
nonn,easy
EXTENSIONS
One more term from Sean A. Irvine, Sep 18 2015
STATUS
approved