A277271 Second largest coefficient among the polynomials in row n of the triangle of q-binomial coefficients.

1, 1, 2, 4, 7, 11, 19, 30, 55, 90, 166, 285, 519, 902, 1656, 2929, 5424, 9673, 18012, 32467, 60981, 110599, 208445, 381301, 722552, 1327869, 2522994, 4665786, 8902311, 16524759, 31594853, 58935171, 113038371, 211499060, 406350261, 763246536, 1470080699

Offset: 4

Author

Vladimir Reshetnikov, Oct 07 2016

Keywords

• nonn

Comments

q-binomial coefficients are polynomials in q with integer coefficients.

Examples

			Row 5 of the triangle of q-binomial coefficients is [1, 1 + q + q^2 + q^3 + q^4, 1 + q + 2*q^2 + 2*q^3 + 2*q^4 + q^5 + q^6, 1 + q + 2*q^2 + 2*q^3 + 2*q^4 + q^5 + q^6, 1 + q + q^2 + q^3 + q^4, 1]. The largest coefficient is 2, and the second largest coefficient is 1. Hence A277218(5) = 2 and a(5) = 1.
		

Links

• Eric W. Weisstein, q-Binomial Coefficient
• Wikipedia, q-binomial

Crossrefs

Cf. A002838, A022166, A029895, A055606, A076822, A277218 (largest coefficients).

Programs

Mathematica

Table[(Union @@ Table[CoefficientList[FunctionExpand[QBinomial[n, k, q]], q], {k, 0, n}])[[-2]], {n, 4, 40}]