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A123290 Number of distinct C(n,2)-tuples of zeros and ones that are obtained as the collection of all 2 X 2 minor determinants of a 2 X n matrix over GF(2). 1
2, 8, 36, 156, 652, 2668, 10796, 43436, 174252, 698028, 2794156, 11180716, 44731052, 178940588, 715795116, 2863245996, 11453115052, 45812722348, 183251413676, 733006703276, 2932028910252, 11728119835308, 46912487729836 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; text; internal format)
OFFSET

2,1

COMMENTS

Or, the number of commutators in a central extension of order 2^C(n+1,2) covering the elementary Abelian 2-group of order 2^n. Probably also equal to the number of symmetric (n-1)-by-(n-1) matrices with entries in GF(2) of rank less than or equal to 2 and the number of skew-symmetric n-by-n matrices in GF(2) of rank less than or equal to 2.

REFERENCES

Luise-Charlotte Kappe and Robert F. Morse, On Commutators in groups. To appear in the Proceedings of Groups St. Andrews 2005 LMS Lecture Series.

LINKS

Vincenzo Librandi, Table of n, a(n) for n = 2..1000

FORMULA

a(n) = (2^(2n-1) - 2^n - 2^(n-1) + 4)/3 = 1 + (2^n - 1)*(2^(n-1) - 1)/3

a(2)=2, a(3)=8, a(4)=36, a(n)=7*a(n-1)-14*a(n-2)+8*a(n-3) [From Harvey P. Dale, Oct 03 2011]

a(2)=2, a(n) = 4*(a(n-1)-1)+2^(n-1). - Vincenzo Librandi, Oct 04 2011

EXAMPLE

a(4) = 36. Let G be a central extension of order 2^C(5,2) covering (Z/2Z)^4; the commutator subgroup of G has order 2^C(4,2) = 64, so it is not the case that every element of the commutator subgroup of G is actually a commutator.

MATHEMATICA

Table[1+(2^n-1) (2^(n-1)-1)/3, {n, 2, 30}] (* or *) LinearRecurrence[ {7, -14, 8}, {2, 8, 36}, 30] (* From Harvey P. Dale, Oct 03 2011 *)

PROG

(MAGMA) minors := function(n) F := GF(2); V := VectorSpace(F, 2*n); S := { } ; for v in V do M := Matrix(F, 2, n, ElementToSequence(v)); seq := Minors(M, 2); S := Include(S, seq); end for; return #S; end function;

(MAGMA)  [(2^(2*n-1) - 2^n - 2^(n-1) + 4)/3: n in [2..30]]; // Vincenzo Librandi, Oct 04 2011

CROSSREFS

Sequence in context: A203762 A185635 A076122 * A088675 A027743 A152124

Adjacent sequences:  A123287 A123288 A123289 * A123291 A123292 A123293

KEYWORD

nonn

AUTHOR

David Savitt (savitt(AT)math.arizona.edu), Oct 10 2006, Oct 12 2006

STATUS

approved

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