A few years ago I computed the Tutte polynomials of the matroids given by the classical Coxeter groups, and found that their generating functions are all simple variations of the series $\sum_n x^n y^{n^2}$, which I swear I saw in my analysis classes years ago$\sum_n \frac{x^n y^{n^2}}{n!}$. :) I've wondered if there is a more geometric/algebraic explanation of this. Is this series known? Are there other natural occurrences of it that might be relevant?