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Search: id:A007576
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| A007576 |
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Number of solutions to k_1+2*k_2+..+n*k_n=0, where k_i are from {-1,0,1}, i=1..n.
(Formerly M2656)
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4
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| 1, 1, 1, 3, 7, 15, 35, 87, 217, 547, 1417, 3735, 9911, 26513, 71581, 194681, 532481, 1464029, 4045117, 11225159, 31268577, 87404465, 245101771, 689323849, 1943817227, 5494808425, 15568077235, 44200775239, 125739619467
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OFFSET
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0,4
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COMMENT
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Also, number of maximally stable towers of 2 X 2 LEGO blocks.
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REFERENCES
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P. J. S. Watson, On "LEGO" towers, J. Rec. Math., 12 (No. 1, 1979-1980), 24-27.
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LINKS
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T. D. Noe, Table of n, a(n) for n=0..100
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FORMULA
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Coefficient of x^(n*(n+1)/2) in Product_{k=1..n} (1+x^k+x^(2*k)).
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EXAMPLE
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For n=4 there are 7 solutions: (-1,-1,1,0), (-1,0,-1,1), (-1,1,1,-1), (0,0,0,0), (1,-1,-1,1), (1,0,1,-1), (1,1,-1,0).
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MATHEMATICA
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f[0] = 1; f[n_] := Coefficient[Expand@ Product[1 + x^k + x^(2k), {k, n}], x^(n(n + 1)/2)]; Table[f@n, {n, 0, 28}] (from Robert G. Wilson v (rgwv(at)rgwv.com), Nov 10 2006)
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CROSSREFS
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Cf. A007575, A063865, A039826.
Adjacent sequences: A007573 A007574 A007575 this_sequence A007577 A007578 A007579
Sequence in context: A124696 A081669 A086821 this_sequence A018020 A078161 A050565
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KEYWORD
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easy,nonn
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AUTHOR
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Simon Plouffe, Robert G. Wilson v (rgwv(AT)rgwv.com) and Vladeta Jovovic (vladeta(AT)Eunet.yu)
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EXTENSIONS
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More terms from David Wasserman (wasserma(AT)spawar.navy.mil), Mar 29 2005
Edited by njas, Nov 07 2006. This is a merging of two sequences which thanks to the work of Soren Eilers we now know are identical.
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