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A006361
Antichains (or order ideals) in the poset 2*2*4*n or size of the distributive lattice J(2*2*4*n).
(Formerly M5370)
8
1, 105, 3490, 59542, 650644, 5157098, 32046856, 164489084, 723509159, 2801747767, 9748942554, 30967306114, 90930233726, 249319296218, 643622467414, 1575086681342, 3675063064675, 8215220917795
OFFSET
0,2
REFERENCES
J. Berman and P. Koehler, Cardinalities of finite distributive lattices, Mitteilungen aus dem Mathematischen Seminar Giessen, 121 (1976), 103-124.
N. J. A. Sloane and Simon Plouffe, The Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1995 (includes this sequence).
LINKS
J. Berman and P. Koehler, Cardinalities of finite distributive lattices, Mitteilungen aus dem Mathematischen Seminar Giessen, 121 (1976), 103-124. [Annotated scanned copy]
G. Kreweras, Les préordres totaux compatibles avec un ordre partiel, Math. Sci. Humaines No. 53 (1976), 5-30.
Feihu Liu, Guoce Xin, and Chen Zhang, Ehrhart Polynomials of Order Polytopes: Interpreting Combinatorial Sequences on the OEIS, arXiv:2412.18744 [math.CO], 2024. See p. 9.
FORMULA
Empirical G.f.: (x^10 +88*x^9 +1841*x^8 +13812*x^7 +44050*x^6 +64374*x^5 +44050*x^4 +13812*x^3 +1841*x^2 +88*x +1)/(1-x)^17. - Colin Barker, May 29 2012
KEYWORD
nonn,easy,changed
EXTENSIONS
More terms from Mitch Harris, Jul 16 2000
STATUS
approved