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A228624
Determinant of the n X n matrix with (i,j)-entry equal to 1 or 0 according as i + j is a square or not.
2
0, 0, -1, 0, 1, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 0, -1, 1, 0, 0, -1, 2, 3, -3, -1, 0, 1, -1, -2, -5, 13, -7, -7, -6, 1, 8, -1, -17, 25, 13, -12, 11, 12, -11, -12, -4, 1, 1, -66, -60, -26, -13, 40, -67, -1, 82, 81, -49, -32, 68, 103, -222, 503, -39, -134
OFFSET
1,17
COMMENTS
Conjecture: a(n) is nonzero for any n > 21.
Zhi-Wei Sun also made the following similar conjecture:
Let A(n) be the n X n determinant with (i,j)-entry equal to 1 or 0 according as i + j is a cube or not. Then A(n) is nonzero for any n > 176.
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EXAMPLE
a(1) = 0 since 1 + 1 = 2 is not a square.
MATHEMATICA
SQ[n_]:=IntegerQ[Sqrt[n]]
a[n_]:=Det[Table[If[SQ[i+j]==True, 1, 0], {i, 1, n}, {j, 1, n}]]
Table[a[n], {n, 1, 30}]
PROG
(PARI) a(n)=matdet(matrix(n, n, i, j, issquare(i+j))) \\ Ralf Stephan, Sep 17 2013
KEYWORD
sign
AUTHOR
Zhi-Wei Sun, Aug 28 2013
STATUS
approved