A005309 Fermionic string states. (Formerly M1125)

1, 0, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 60, 114, 212, 384, 692, 1232, 2160, 3760, 6480, 11056, 18728, 31474, 52492, 86976, 143176, 234224, 380988, 616288, 991624, 1587600, 2529560, 4011808, 6334656, 9960080, 15596532, 24327122, 37801568, 58525152, 90291232, 138825416

Offset

0,3

Comments

See the reference for precise definition.

The g.f. -(1-2*z+2*z**2)/(-1+2*z) conjectured by Simon Plouffe in his 1992 dissertation is not correct.

References

N. J. A. Sloane and Simon Plouffe, The Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1995 (includes this sequence).

Links

Vaclav Kotesovec, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..1000

T. Curtright, Counting symmetry patterns in the spectra of strings, in H. J. de Vega and N. Sánchez, editors, String Theory, Quantum Cosmology and Quantum Gravity. Integrable and Conformal Invariant Theories. World Scientific, Singapore, 1987, pp. 304-333, eq. (3.39) and Table 3.

Simon Plouffe, Approximations de séries génératrices et quelques conjectures, Dissertation, Université du Québec à Montréal, 1992; arXiv:0911.4975 [math.NT], 2009.

Simon Plouffe, 1031 Generating Functions, Appendix to Thesis, Montreal, 1992

Formula

G.f. Product_{k>=1} ((1+x^k)/(1-x^k))^(k-1). - Vaclav Kotesovec, Aug 19 2015

Convolution of A052847 and A052812. - Vaclav Kotesovec, Aug 19 2015

a(n) ~ 2^(7/18) * (7*Zeta(3))^(1/36) * exp(1/12 - Pi^4/(336*Zeta(3)) - Pi^2 * n^(1/3) / (2^(5/3)*(7*Zeta(3))^(1/3)) + 3/2 * (7*Zeta(3)/2)^(1/3) * n^(2/3)) / (A * sqrt(3) * n^(19/36)), where Zeta(3) = A002117 and A = A074962 is the Glaisher-Kinkelin constant. - Vaclav Kotesovec, Aug 19 2015

Crossrefs

Cf. A156616, A261451, A261386, A261452, A261389.

Sequence in context: A056644 A007813 A289657 * A078389 A248847 A059173

Adjacent sequences: A005306 A005307 A005308 * A005310 A005311 A005312

Keyword

nonn

Author

N. J. A. Sloane

Status

approved