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A088216
Smallest nonnegative number not expressible as determinant of an n X n matrix with elements 1..n^2.
10
0, 324, 38831, 6773999, 1859163031
OFFSET
2,2
EXAMPLE
a(2)=0 because the 2 X 2 determinant of a matrix with entries that are permutations of 1,2,3,4 can only assume the values +-2,+-5,+-10.
CROSSREFS
a(3)=A088214(1), a(4)=A088237(1), a(5)=A088238(1), a(6)=A325900(1).
Sequence in context: A128992 A221399 A204082 * A121001 A203029 A298101
KEYWORD
nonn,more,hard
AUTHOR
Hugo Pfoertner, Sep 23 2003
EXTENSIONS
a(6) from Hugo Pfoertner, Sep 07 2019
STATUS
approved