A008340 Coordination sequence for E_8 lattice.

1, 240, 9120, 121680, 864960, 4113840, 14905440, 44480400, 114879360, 265422960, 561403680, 1105317840, 2050966080, 3620750640, 6126497760, 9994133520, 15792541440, 24266930160, 36377039520, 53340513360, 76681767360

Offset: 0

Author

N. J. A. Sloane and J. H. Conway

Keywords

• nonn
• easy
• nice

References

• M. O'Keeffe, Coordination sequences for lattices, Zeit. f. Krist., 210 (1995), 905-908.

Links

• T. D. Noe, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..1000
• M. Baake and U. Grimm, Coordination sequences for root lattices and related graphs, arXiv:cond-mat/9706122, Zeit. f. Kristallographie, 212 (1997), 253-256.
• R. Bacher, P. de la Harpe and B. Venkov, Séries de croissance et séries d'Ehrhart associées aux réseaux de racines, C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris, 325 (Series 1) (1997), 1137-1142.
• J. H. Conway and N. J. A. Sloane, Low-Dimensional Lattices VII: Coordination Sequences, Proc. Royal Soc. London, A453 (1997), 2369-2389 (pdf).
• G. Nebe and N. J. A. Sloane, Home page for this lattice
• M. O'Keeffe, Coordination sequences for lattices, Zeit. f. Krist., 210 (1995), 905-908.
• M. O'Keeffe, Coordination sequences for lattices, Zeit. f. Krist., 210 (1995), 905-908. [Annotated scanned copy]
• Index entries for linear recurrences with constant coefficients, signature (8,-28,56,-70,56,-28,8,-1).

Crossrefs

Cf. A019557, A019558, A008397, A008399.

Programs

Maple

if n = 0 then 1 else 456/7*n^7-120*n^6+312*n^5-120*n^4-48*n^3+240*n^2-624/7*n;

Mathematica

Join[{1},Table[456/7*n^7-120*n^6+312*n^5-120*n^4-48*n^3+ 240*n^2- 624/7*n,{n,20}]] (* Harvey P. Dale, Jul 14 2014 *)

Formula

a(n) = if n = 0 then 1 else (456/7)*n^7-120*n^6+312*n^5-120*n^4-48*n^3+240*n^2-(624/7)*n.

Bacher et al. give a g.f.

G.f.: (x^8 +232*x^7 +24508*x^6 +107224*x^5 +133510*x^4 +55384*x^3 +7228*x^2 +232*x +1)/(x -1)^8 = 1 + 240*x* (1+30*x+231*x^2+556*x^3+447*x^4+102*x^5+x^6) /(1-x)^8. [Colin Barker, Sep 26 2012]

Extensions

The values given by O'Keeffe are incorrect.