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A123290
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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).
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2, 8, 36, 156, 652, 2668, 10796, 43436, 174252, 698028, 2794156, 11180716, 44731052, 178940588, 715795116, 2863245996, 11453115052, 45812722348, 183251413676, 733006703276, 2932028910252, 11728119835308, 46912487729836
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OFFSET
| 2,1
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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.
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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.
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LINKS
| Vincenzo Librandi, Table of n, a(n) for n = 2..1000
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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
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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.
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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 *)
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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
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CROSSREFS
| Sequence in context: A122674 A203762 A076122 * A088675 A027743 A152124
Adjacent sequences: A123287 A123288 A123289 * A123291 A123292 A123293
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KEYWORD
| nonn
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AUTHOR
| David Savitt (savitt(AT)math.arizona.edu), Oct 10 2006, Oct 12 2006
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