A167538 Number of reduced words of length n in Coxeter group on 40 generators S_i with relations (S_i)^2 = (S_i S_j)^14 = I.

1, 40, 1560, 60840, 2372760, 92537640, 3608967960, 140749750440, 5489240267160, 214080370419240, 8349134446350360, 325616243407664040, 12699033492898897560, 495262306223057004840, 19315229942699223187980

Offset

0,2

Comments

The initial terms coincide with those of A170759, 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 (38, 38, 38, 38, 38, 38, 38, 38, 38, 38, 38, 38, 38, -741).

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)/(741*t^14 - 38*t^13 - 38*t^12 - 38*t^11 - 38*t^10 - 38*t^9 - 38*t^8 - 38*t^7 - 38*t^6 - 38*t^5 - 38*t^4 - 38*t^3 - 38*t^2 - 38*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)/ (741*t^14 - 38*t^13 - 38*t^12 - 38*t^11 - 38*t^10 - 38*t^9 - 38*t^8 - 38*t^7 - 38*t^6 - 38*t^5 - 38*t^4 - 38*t^3 - 38*t^2 - 38*t + 1), {t, 0, 50}], t] (* G. C. Greubel, Jun 15 2016 *)

Prog

(PARI) first(n)=Vec((1+x^2+x^4+x^6+x^8+x^10+x^12)*(1+x)^2/(1-38*x-38*x^2-38*x^3-38*x^4-38*x^5-38*x^6-38*x^7-38*x^8-38*x^9-38*x^10-38*x^11-38*x^12-38*x^13+741*x^14)+O(x^(n+1))) \\ Charles R Greathouse IV, Jun 11 2026

Crossrefs

Cf. A170759, A154638.

Sequence in context: A166434 A166693 A167093 * A167829 A167956 A168717

Adjacent sequences: A167535 A167536 A167537 * A167539 A167540 A167541

Keyword

nonn,easy

Author

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

Status

approved