A167226 Number of reduced words of length n in Coxeter group on 27 generators S_i with relations (S_i)^2 = (S_i S_j)^14 = I.

1, 27, 702, 18252, 474552, 12338352, 320797152, 8340725952, 216858874752, 5638330743552, 146596599332352, 3811511582641152, 99099301148669952, 2576581829865418752, 66991127576500887201, 1741769316989023058100

Offset

0,2

Comments

The initial terms coincide with those of A170746, although the two sequences are eventually different.

Computed with Magma using commands similar to those used to compute A154638.

Links

G. C. Greubel, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..500

Index entries for linear recurrences with constant coefficients, signature (25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, -325).

Formula

G.f.: (t^14 + 2*t^13 + 2*t^12 + 2*t^11 + 2*t^10 + 2*t^9 + 2*t^8 + 2*t^7 + 2*t^6 + 2*t^5 + 2*t^4 + 2*t^3 + 2*t^2 + 2*t + 1)/(325*t^14 - 25*t^13 - 25*t^12 - 25*t^11 - 25*t^10 - 25*t^9 - 25*t^8 - 25*t^7 - 25*t^6 - 25*t^5 - 25*t^4 - 25*t^3 - 25*t^2 - 25*t + 1).

Mathematica

CoefficientList[Series[(t^14 + 2*t^13 + 2*t^12 + 2*t^11 + 2*t^10 + 2*t^9 + 2*t^8 + 2*t^7 + 2*t^6 + 2*t^5 + 2*t^4 + 2*t^3 + 2*t^2 + 2*t + 1)/ (325*t^14 - 25*t^13 - 25*t^12 - 25*t^11 - 25*t^10 - 25*t^9 - 25*t^8 - 25*t^7 - 25*t^6 - 25*t^5 - 25*t^4 - 25*t^3 - 25*t^2 - 25*t + 1), {t, 0, 50}], t] (* G. C. Greubel, Jun 05 2016 *)

Prog

(PARI) first(n)=Vec((1+x^2+x^4+x^6+x^8+x^10+x^12)*(1+x)^2/(1-25*x-25*x^2-25*x^3-25*x^4-25*x^5-25*x^6-25*x^7-25*x^8-25*x^9-25*x^10-25*x^11-25*x^12-25*x^13+325*x^14)+O(x^(n+1))) \\ Charles R Greathouse IV, Jun 11 2026

Crossrefs

Cf. A170746, A154638.

Sequence in context: A166421 A166614 A167080 * A167698 A167942 A168704

Adjacent sequences: A167223 A167224 A167225 * A167227 A167228 A167229

Keyword

nonn,easy

Author

John Cannon and N. J. A. Sloane, Dec 03 2009

Status

approved