A169358 Number of reduced words of length n in Coxeter group on 9 generators S_i with relations (S_i)^2 = (S_i S_j)^31 = I.

1, 9, 72, 576, 4608, 36864, 294912, 2359296, 18874368, 150994944, 1207959552, 9663676416, 77309411328, 618475290624, 4947802324992, 39582418599936, 316659348799488, 2533274790395904, 20266198323167232, 162129586585337856

Offset: 0

Author

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

Keywords

• nonn

Comments

The initial terms coincide with those of A003951, although the two sequences are eventually different.

First disagreement at index 31: a(31) = 11141460353568422474092117980, A003951(31) = 11141460353568422474092118016. - Klaus Brockhaus, Jun 17 2011

Computed with Magma using commands similar to those used to compute A154638.

Links

• Index entries for linear recurrences with constant coefficients, signature (7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,-28).

Crossrefs

Cf. A003951 (G.f.: (1+x)/(1-8*x)).

Formula

G.f.: (t^31 + 2*t^30 + 2*t^29 + 2*t^28 + 2*t^27 + 2*t^26 + 2*t^25 + 2*t^24 + 2*t^23 + 2*t^22 + 2*t^21 + 2*t^20 + 2*t^19 + 2*t^18 + 2*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)/(28*t^31 - 7*t^30 - 7*t^29 - 7*t^28 - 7*t^27 - 7*t^26 - 7*t^25 - 7*t^24 - 7*t^23 - 7*t^22 - 7*t^21 - 7*t^20 - 7*t^19 - 7*t^18 - 7*t^17 - 7*t^16 - 7*t^15 - 7*t^14 - 7*t^13 - 7*t^12 - 7*t^11 - 7*t^10 - 7*t^9 - 7*t^8 - 7*t^7 - 7*t^6 - 7*t^5 - 7*t^4 - 7*t^3 - 7*t^2 - 7*t + 1).

a(n) = -28*a(n-31) + 7*Sum_{k=1..30} a(n-k). - Wesley Ivan Hurt, Apr 26 2021