A202678 Array: row n shows the coefficients of the characteristic polynomial of the n-th principal submatrix of the symmetric matrix A185957; by antidiagonals.

1, -1, 1, -11, 1, 1, -30, 57, -1, 1, -50, 395, -203, 1, 1, -70, 1133, -3221, 574, -1, 1, -90, 2271, -15840, 19011, -1386, 1, 1, -110, 3809, -45980, 156892, -88729, 2982, -1, 1, -130, 5747, -101640, 660617, -1195097, 346295, -5874

Offset

1,4

Comments

Let p(n)=p(n,x) be the characteristic polynomial of the n-th principal submatrix. The zeros of p(n) are positive, and they are interlace the zeros of p(n+1).

Links

Table of n, a(n) for n=1..43.

S.-G. Hwang, Cauchy's interlace theorem for eigenvalues of Hermitian matrices, American Mathematical Monthly 111 (2004) 157-159.

A. Mercer and P. Mercer, Cauchy's interlace theorem and lower bounds for the spectral radius, International Journal of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences 23, no. 8 (2000) 563-566.

Example

The 1st principal submatrix (ps) of A185957 is {{1}} (using Mathematica matrix notation), with p(1)=1-x and zero-set {1}.
...
The 2nd ps is {{1,3},{3,10}}, with p(2)=1-11x+x^2 and zero-set {0.091..., 10.908...}.
...
The 3rd ps is {{1,3,6},{3,10,21},{6,21,46}}, with p(3)=1-30x+57x^2-x^3 and zero-set {0.035..., 0.495..., 56.469...}.
...
Top of the array:
1...-1
1...-11...1
1...-30...57....-1
1...-50...395...-203...1

Mathematica

f[k_] := k (k + 1)/2
U[n_] :=  NestList[Most[Prepend[#, 0]] &, #, Length[#] - 1] &[Table[f[k], {k, 1, n}]];
L[n_] := Transpose[U[n]];
F[n_] := CharacteristicPolynomial[L[n].U[n], x];
c[n_] := CoefficientList[F[n], x]
TableForm[Flatten[Table[F[n], {n, 1, 10}]]]
Table[c[n], {n, 1, 12}]
Flatten[%]
TableForm[Table[c[n], {n, 1, 10}]]

Crossrefs

Cf. A185957, A202605.

Sequence in context: A168647 A202767 A060270 * A202971 A202675 A176198

Adjacent sequences: A202675 A202676 A202677 * A202679 A202680 A202681

Keyword

tabl,sign

Author

Clark Kimberling, Dec 22 2011

Status

approved