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A007576 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)
+0
5
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 (list; graph; listen)
OFFSET

0,4

COMMENT

Also, number of maximally stable towers of 2 X 2 LEGO blocks.

REFERENCES

N. J. A. Sloane and Simon Plouffe, The Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1995 (includes this sequence).

P. J. S. Watson, On "LEGO" towers, J. Rec. Math., 12 (No. 1, 1979-1980), 24-27.

LINKS

T. D. Noe, Table of n, a(n) for n=0..100

S. R. Finch, Signum equations and extremal coefficients.

FORMULA

Coefficient of x^(n*(n+1)/2) in Product_{k=1..n} (1+x^k+x^(2*k)).

EXAMPLE

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).

MATHEMATICA

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)

CROSSREFS

Cf. A007575, A063865, A039826.

Sequence in context: A124696 A081669 A086821 this_sequence A018020 A147106 A078161

Adjacent sequences: A007573 A007574 A007575 this_sequence A007577 A007578 A007579

KEYWORD

easy,nonn

AUTHOR

Simon Plouffe, Robert G. Wilson v (rgwv(AT)rgwv.com) and Vladeta Jovovic (vladeta(AT)eunet.rs)

EXTENSIONS

More terms from David Wasserman (wasserma(AT)spawar.navy.mil), Mar 29 2005

Edited by N. J. A. Sloane (njas(AT)research.att.com), 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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