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A015430
Gaussian binomial coefficient [ n,12 ] for q=-7.
2
1, 12111126301, 171125943656551078651, 2361717858885719498568905414551, 32702835678888952715367233418017870232604, 452622410329553863939387656214689217248493781677804
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} ((-7)^(n-i+1)-1)/((-7)^i-1) (by definition). - Vincenzo Librandi, Nov 06 2012
MATHEMATICA
Table[QBinomial[n, 12, -7], {n, 12, 20}] (* Vincenzo Librandi, Nov 06 2012 *)
PROG
(Sage) [gaussian_binomial(n, 12, -7) for n in range(12, 18)] # Zerinvary Lajos, May 28 2009
(Magma) r:=12; q:=-7; [&*[(1-q^(n-i+1))/(1-q^i): i in [1..r]]: n in [r..20]]; // Vincenzo Librandi, Nov 06 2012
CROSSREFS
Sequence in context: A213534 A366897 A202361 * A135496 A287747 A113642
KEYWORD
nonn,easy
STATUS
approved