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A015425
Gaussian binomial coefficient [ n,12 ] for q=-4.
3
1, 13421773, 240191982810781, 3967756584209486471005, 66828959857649638516515454045, 1120110037194182450025632158559979613, 18796917128597217472986991275660647159371869
OFFSET
12,2
REFERENCES
J. Goldman and G.-C. Rota, The number of subspaces of a vector space, pp. 75-83 of W. T. Tutte, editor, Recent Progress in Combinatorics. Academic Press, NY, 1969.
I. P. Goulden and D. M. Jackson, Combinatorial Enumeration. Wiley, NY, 1983, p. 99.
M. Sved, Gaussians and binomials, Ars. Combinatoria, 17A (1984), 325-351.
LINKS
FORMULA
a(n) = Product_{i=1..12} ((-4)^(n-i+1)-1)/((-4)^i-1) (by definition). - Vincenzo Librandi, Nov 06 2012
MATHEMATICA
Table[QBinomial[n, 12, -4], {n, 12, 20}] (* Vincenzo Librandi, Nov 06 2012 *)
PROG
(Sage) [gaussian_binomial(n, 12, -4) for n in range(12, 19)] # Zerinvary Lajos, May 28 2009
(Magma) r:=12; q:=-4; [&*[(1-q^(n-i+1))/(1-q^i): i in [1..r]]: n in [r..25]]; // Vincenzo Librandi, Nov 06 2012
CROSSREFS
Sequence in context: A330678 A250831 A184772 * A352329 A353025 A345609
KEYWORD
nonn,easy
STATUS
approved