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A272662 Number of distinct characteristic polynomials of n X n matrices with elements {-1, +1}. 13

%I #15 Sep 30 2023 18:19:05

%S 1,2,6,28,203,3150,131641

%N Number of distinct characteristic polynomials of n X n matrices with elements {-1, +1}.

%D Robert M. Corless, Bohemian Eigenvalues, Talk Presented at Computational Discovery in Mathematics (ACMES 2), University of Western Ontario, May 12 2016. (Talk based on joint work with Steven E. Thornton, Sonia Gupta, Jonathan Brino-Tarasoff, Venkat Balasubramanian.)

%o (Python)

%o from itertools import product

%o from sympy import Matrix

%o def A272662(n): return len({tuple(Matrix(n,n,p).charpoly().as_list()) for p in product((-1,1),repeat=n**2)}) if n else 1 # _Chai Wah Wu_, Sep 30 2023

%Y Six classes of matrices mentioned in Rob Corless's talk: A272658, A272659, A272660, A272661, A272662, A272663.

%K nonn,more

%O 0,2

%A _N. J. A. Sloane_, May 15 2016

%E a(5) and a(6) from _Steven E. Thornton_, Mar 09 2019

%E a(0)=1 prepended by _Alois P. Heinz_, Sep 28 2023

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