A167931 Number of reduced words of length n in Coxeter group on 20 generators S_i with relations (S_i)^2 = (S_i S_j)^16 = I.

1, 20, 380, 7220, 137180, 2606420, 49521980, 940917620, 17877434780, 339671260820, 6453753955580, 122621325156020, 2329805177964380, 44266298381323220, 841059669245141180, 15980133715657682420

Offset: 0

Author

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

Keywords

• nonn

Comments

The initial terms coincide with those of A170739, 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 (18, 18, 18, 18, 18, 18, 18, 18, 18, 18, 18, 18, 18, 18, 18, -171).

Crossrefs

Cf. A154638, A170739.

Programs

Magma

R:=PowerSeriesRing(Integers(), 20); Coefficients(R!( (1+x)*(1-x^16)/(1-19*x+189*x^16-171*x^17) ));  // G. C. Greubel, Apr 25 2019

Mathematica

CoefficientList[Series[(1+x)*(1-x^16)/(1-19*x+189*x^16-171*x^17), {x, 0, 20}], x] (* G. C. Greubel, Jul 01 2016, modified Apr 25 2019 *)
coxG[{16, 171, -18, 20}] (* The coxG program is at A169452 *) (* G. C. Greubel, Apr 25 2019 *)

PARI

my(x='x+O('x^20)); Vec((1+x)*(1-x^16)/(1-19*x+189*x^16-171*x^17)) \\ G. C. Greubel, Apr 25 2019

Sage

((1+x)*(1-x^16)/(1-19*x+189*x^16-171*x^17)).series(x, 20).coefficients(x, sparse=False) # G. C. Greubel, Apr 25 2019

Formula

G.f.: (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)/( 171*t^16 - 18*t^15 - 18*t^14 - 18*t^13 - 18*t^12 - 18*t^11 - 18*t^10 - 18*t^9 - 18*t^8 - 18*t^7 - 18*t^6 - 18*t^5 - 18*t^4 - 18*t^3 - 18*t^2 - 18*t + 1).

G.f.: (1+x)*(1-x^16)/(1 -19*x +189*x^16 -171*x^17). - G. C. Greubel, Apr 25 2019