A015306 Gaussian binomial coefficient [ n,5 ] for q = -3.

1, -182, 49777, -11662040, 2869444942, -694405675964, 168973319623174, -41041673208656120, 9974653139743515223, -2423717068608654822146, 588973263031690760850991, -143119691677080990521708240

Offset: 5

Author

Olivier Gérard, Dec 11 1999

Keywords

• sign
• easy

References

• J. Goldman and G.-C. Rota, The number of subspaces of a vector space, pp. 75-83 of W. T. Tutte, editor, Recent Progress in Combinatorics. Academic Press, NY, 1969.
• I. P. Goulden and D. M. Jackson, Combinatorial Enumeration. Wiley, NY, 1983, p. 99.
• M. Sved, Gaussians and binomials, Ars. Combinatoria, 17A (1984), 325-351.

Links

• Vincenzo Librandi, Table of n, a(n) for n = 5..200
• Index entries for linear recurrences with constant coefficients, signature (-182,16653,428220,-4046679,-10746918,14348907)

Crossrefs

Gaussian binomial coefficient [n, k]_q for q = -3: A015251 (k = 2), A015268 (k = 3), A015288 (k = 4), this sequence (k = 5), A015324 (k = 6), A015340 (k = 7), A015357 (k = 8), A015375 (k = 9), A015388 (k = 10).

Gaussian binomial coefficients [n,5]: A015305 (q=-2), this sequence (q=-3), A015308 (q=-4), A015309 (q=-5), A015310 (q=-6), A015312 (q=-7), A015313 (q=-8), A015315 (q=-9), A015316 (q=-10), A015317 (q=-11), A015319 (q=-12), A015321 (q=-13).

Programs

GAP

List([5..25], n-> (1 -61*(-3)^(n-4) +610*(-3)^(2*n-7) - 610*(-3)^(3*n-9) +61*(-3)^(4*n-10) -(-3)^(5*n-10))/17489920); # G. C. Greubel, Sep 21 2019

Magma

[(1 - 61*(-3)^(n-4) + 610*(-3)^(2*n-7) - 610*(-3)^(3*n-9) + 61*(-3)^(4*n-10) - (-3)^(5*n-10))/17489920: n in [5..25]]; // G. C. Greubel, Sep 21 2019

Maple

seq((1 - 61*(-3)^(n-4) + 610*(-3)^(2*n-7) - 610*(-3)^(3*n-9) + 61*(-3)^(4*n-10) - (-3)^(5*n-10))/17489920, n=5..25); # G. C. Greubel, Sep 21 2019

Mathematica

Table[QBinomial[n, 5, -3], {n, 5, 20}] (* Vincenzo Librandi, Oct 29 2012 *)

PARI

a(n) = (1 - 61*(-3)^(n-4) + 610*(-3)^(2*n-7) - 610*(-3)^(3*n-9) + 61*(-3)^(4*n-10) - (-3)^(5*n-10))/17489920 \\ G. C. Greubel, Sep 21 2019

Sage

[gaussian_binomial(n,5,-3) for n in range(5,17)] # Zerinvary Lajos, May 27 2009

Formula

G.f.: x^5/((1-x)*(1+3*x)*(1-9*x)*(1+27*x)*(1-81*x)*(1+243*x)). - R. J. Mathar, Aug 03 2016

From G. C. Greubel, Sep 21 2019: (Start)

a(n) = (1 - 61*(-3)^(n-4) + 610*(-3)^(2*n-7) - 610*(-3)^(3*n-9) + 61*(-3)^(4*n-10) - (-3)^(5*n-10))/17489920.

E.g.f.: exp(-243*x)*(-1 +1830*exp(216*x) -44469*exp(240*x) +59049*exp(244 *x) -16470*exp(252*x) +61*exp(324*x))/1032762286080. (End)

G.f. with offset 0: exp(Sum_{n >= 1} A015518(6*n)/A015518(n) * (-x)^n/n) = 1 - 182*x + 49777*x^2 - .... - Peter Bala, Jun 29 2025