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A071543 a(n) = det M_n where M_n is the n X n matrix m(i,j) = prime(i+j); a(0) = 1 by convention. 1
1, 3, -4, 12, 144, 576, -7104, 45248, 450432, 2240512, 5292544, -88076288, -62210048, 391122944, -1489174528, -165174853632, 2565388042240, -28667557511168, -1065163492556800, -14206520416796672, -115544734381899776, 5968167755906547712, -258278630548029046784 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; internal format)
OFFSET

0,2

COMMENTS

a(n) is a square for n=2,4 and 5. Are there any other values?

PROG

(PARI) for(n=1, 30, print1(matdet(matrix(n, n, i, j, prime(i+j))), ", "))

CROSSREFS

Sequence in context: A127689 A127690 A092417 * A127611 A082197 A138101

Adjacent sequences:  A071540 A071541 A071542 * A071544 A071545 A071546

KEYWORD

easy,sign

AUTHOR

Benoit Cloitre (benoit7848c(AT)orange.fr), May 30 2002

EXTENSIONS

Edited by N. J. A. Sloane (njas(AT)research.att.com), Sep 18 2008 at the suggestion of R. J. Mathar.

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