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A099115
Number of rhombus tilings of a hexagon with side lengths 2n+1,2n-1,2n+1,2n+1,2n-1,2n+1 which contain the rhombus above and next to the center of the hexagon.
5
11, 325908, 5604277805984, 53038629767258343852608, 271847253225677708645983929633862500, 749641889501430920151272774045675453348280000000000
OFFSET
1,1
FORMULA
a(n) ~ exp(1/12) * 3^(-7/12 + 6*n + 18*n^2) / (A * n^(1/12) * 2^(11/6 + 8*n + 24*n^2)), where A = A074962 is the Glaisher-Kinkelin constant. - Vaclav Kotesovec, Aug 29 2023
MATHEMATICA
G = BarnesG; a[n_] := (G[2n+2]^(1-2n) (G[2n+1] G[2n+3])^(2n+1) G[6n+2] ((( 10n+3) Binomial[2n, n]^3)/(n Binomial[6n, 3n]) + 8) Gamma[2n+2]^(-2n-1))/((G[2n] Gamma[2n])^(2n) (24 G[4n+1]^2 G[4n+3] Gamma[2n]));
Array[a, 6] (* Jean-François Alcover, Feb 20 2019 *)
PROG
(PARI) a(n)=(1/3+(10*n+3)/(24*n)*binomial(2*n, n)^3/binomial(6*n, 3*n))*prod(i=1, 2*n+1, prod(j=1, 2*n-1, prod(k=1, 2*n+1, (i+j+k-1)/(i+j+k-2))))
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Ralf Stephan, Oct 01 2004
STATUS
approved