A168706 Number of reduced words of length n in Coxeter group on 29 generators S_i with relations (S_i)^2 = (S_i S_j)^17 = I.

1, 29, 812, 22736, 636608, 17825024, 499100672, 13974818816, 391294926848, 10956257951744, 306775222648832, 8589706234167296, 240511774556684288, 6734329687587160064, 188561231252440481792, 5279714475068333490176

Offset

0,2

Comments

The initial terms coincide with those of A170748, although the two sequences are eventually different.

First disagreement at index 17: a(17) = 4139296148453573456297578, A170748(17) = 4139296148453573456297984. - Klaus Brockhaus, Mar 30 2011

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 (27, 27, 27, 27, 27, 27, 27, 27, 27, 27, 27, 27, 27, 27, 27, 27, -378).

Formula

G.f.: (t^17 + 2*t^16 + 2*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)/(378*t^17 - 27*t^16 - 27*t^15 - 27*t^14 - 27*t^13 - 27*t^12 - 27*t^11 - 27*t^10 - 27*t^9 - 27*t^8 - 27*t^7 - 27*t^6 - 27*t^5 - 27*t^4 - 27*t^3 - 27*t^2 - 27*t + 1).

Mathematica

CoefficientList[Series[(t^17 + 2*t^16 + 2*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)/(378*t^17 - 27*t^16 - 27*t^15 - 27*t^14 - 27*t^13 - 27*t^12 - 27*t^11 - 27*t^10 - 27*t^9 - 27*t^8 - 27*t^7 - 27*t^6 - 27*t^5 - 27*t^4 - 27*t^3 - 27*t^2 - 27*t + 1), {t, 0, 50}], t] (* G. C. Greubel, Aug 04 2016 *)
coxG[{17, 378, -27}] (* The coxG program is at A169452 *) (* Harvey P. Dale, Sep 06 2020 *)

Crossrefs

Cf. A170748 (G.f.: (1+x)/(1-28*x)).

Sequence in context: A167285 A167714 A167944 * A168754 A168802 A168850

Adjacent sequences: A168703 A168704 A168705 * A168707 A168708 A168709

Keyword

nonn

Author

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

Status

approved