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A123971 Tridiagonal matrices of the type 3 center with terminal 2 as characteristic polynomial triangular sequence. 0
2, 2, -1, 5, -5, 1, 13, -19, 8, -1, 34, -65, 42, -11, 1, 89, -210, 183, -74, 14, -1, 233, -654, 717, -394, 115, -17, 1, 610, -1985, 2622, -1825, 725, -165, 20, -1, 1597, -5911, 9134, -7703, 3885, -1203, 224, -23, 1, 4181, -17345, 30691, -30418, 18633, -7329, 1855, -292, 26, -1, 10946, -50305, 100284, -114242 (list; table; graph; refs; listen; history; internal format)
OFFSET

1,1

COMMENTS

Major roots are odd Tutte-Beraha constants plus one: 2., 3.61803, 4.24698, 4.53209, 4.68251, 4.77091, 4.82709, 4.86494, 4.89163, 4.91115} Matrices: {{2}}, {{3, -1}, {-1, 2}}, {{3, -1, 0}, {-1, 3, -1}, {0, -1, 2}}, {{3, -1, 0, 0}, {-1, 3, -1, 0}, {0, -1, 3, -1}, {0, 0, -1, 2}}, {{3, -1, 0, 0, 0}, {-1, 3, -1, 0, 0}, {0, -1, 3, -1, 0}, {0, 0, -1, 3, -1}, {0, 0, 0, -1, 2}}, {{3, -1, 0, 0, 0, 0}, {-1, 3, -1, 0, 0, 0}, {0, -1, 3, -1, 0, 0}, {0, 0, -1, 3, -1, 0}, {0, 0, 0, -1, 3, -1}, {0, 0, 0, 0, -1, 2}} The determinants are increasing: {2, 5, 13, 34, 89, 233, 610, 1597, 4181, 10946}

FORMULA

M(n,m,d)=If[ n == m && n < d && m < d, k, If[n == m - 1 || n == m + 1, -1, If[n == m == d, k - 1, 0]]];

T(0,0)=2 (=1 would be natural; see Sloane's comment below); T(n,k) = (-1)^k*sum(m=k,n, binomial(m,k)*binomial(m+n,2*m) ). - Wadim Zudilin, Jan 11 2012

EXAMPLE

Triangular sequence:

{2},

{2, -1},

{5, -5, 1},

{13, -19, 8, -1},

{34, -65, 42, -11,1},

{89, -210, 183, -74, 14, -1}

{233, -654, 717, -394, 115, -17, 1}

MATHEMATICA

Mathematica ( general k th center) Clear[M, T, d, a, x, k] k = 3 T[n_, m_, d_] := If[ n == m && n < d && m < d, k, If[n == m - 1 || n == m + 1, -1, If[n == m == d, k - 1, 0]]] M[d_] := Table[T[n, m, d], {n, 1, d}, {m, 1, d}] Table[M[d], {d, 1, 10}] Table[Det[M[d]], {d, 1, 10}] Table[Det[M[d] - x*IdentityMatrix[d]], {d, 1, 10}] a = Join[{M[1]}, Table[CoefficientList[ Det[M[d] - x*IdentityMatrix[d]], x], {d, 1, 10}]] Flatten[a] MatrixForm[a] Table[NSolve[Det[M[d] - x*IdentityMatrix[d]] == 0, x], {d, 1, 10}] Table[x /. NSolve[Det[M[d] - x*IdentityMatrix[d]] == 0, x][[d]], {d, 1, 10}]

CROSSREFS

Unsigned version equals unsigned A126124

Sequence in context: A158068 A176265 A187307 * A204851 A114292 A178518

Adjacent sequences:  A123968 A123969 A123970 * A123972 A123973 A123974

KEYWORD

uned,tabl,sign

AUTHOR

Gary Adamson and Roger Bagula (rlbagulatftn(AT)yahoo.com), Oct 30 2006

EXTENSIONS

Looking at the triangle suggests that the very first term should be 1, not 2. - N. J. A. Sloane (njas(AT)research.att.com), Nov 01, 2006

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