A167676 Number of reduced words of length n in Coxeter group on 19 generators S_i with relations (S_i)^2 = (S_i S_j)^15 = I.

1, 19, 342, 6156, 110808, 1994544, 35901792, 646232256, 11632180608, 209379250944, 3768826516992, 67838877305856, 1221099791505408, 21979796247097344, 395636332447752192, 7121453984059539285

Offset

0,2

Comments

The initial terms coincide with those of A170738, 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 (17, 17, 17, 17, 17, 17, 17, 17, 17, 17, 17, 17, 17, 17, -153).

Formula

G.f.: (t^15 + 2*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)/(153*t^15 - 17*t^14 - 17*t^13 - 17*t^12 - 17*t^11 - 17*t^10 - 17*t^9 - 17*t^8 - 17*t^7 - 17*t^6 - 17*t^5 - 17*t^4 - 17*t^3 - 17*t^2 - 17*t + 1).

Mathematica

CoefficientList[Series[(t^15 + 2*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)/(153*t^15 - 17*t^14 - 17*t^13 - 17*t^12 - 17*t^11 - 17*t^10 - 17*t^9 - 17*t^8 - 17*t^7 - 17*t^6 - 17*t^5 - 17*t^4 - 17*t^3 - 17*t^2 - 17*t + 1), {t, 0, 50}], t] (* G. C. Greubel, Jun 19 2016 *)

Prog

(PARI) first(n)=Vec((1+x^5+x^10)*(1+x+x^2+x^3+x^4)*(1+x)/(1-17*x-17*x^2-17*x^3-17*x^4-17*x^5-17*x^6-17*x^7-17*x^8-17*x^9-17*x^10-17*x^11-17*x^12-17*x^13-17*x^14+153*x^15)+O(x^(n+1))) \\ Charles R Greathouse IV, Jun 12 2026

Crossrefs

Cf. A170738, A154638.

Sequence in context: A166600 A167049 A167126 * A167929 A168696 A168744

Adjacent sequences: A167673 A167674 A167675 * A167677 A167678 A167679

Keyword

nonn,easy

Author

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

Status

approved