%I #6 Mar 30 2012 18:58:08
%S 1,1,1,1,2,1,1,0,0,1,1,0,6,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,24,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,
%T 0,1,1,0,0,0,120,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,720,0,0,0,0,1,
%U 1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,5040,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0
%N Symmetric matrix given by f(i,1)=1, f(1,j)=1, f(i,i)=i! and f(i,j)=0 otherwise.
%e Northwest corner:
%e 1 1 1 1
%e 1 2 0 0
%e 1 0 6 0
%e 1 0 0 24
%t f[i_, j_] := 0; f[1, j_] := 1; f[i_, 1] := 1; f[i_, i_] := i!;
%t m[n_] := Table[f[i, j], {i, 1, n}, {j, 1, n}]
%t TableForm[m[8]] (* 8x8 principal submatrix *)
%t Flatten[Table[f[i, n + 1 - i],
%t {n, 1, 12}, {i, 1, n}]] (* A204244 *)
%t Table[Det[m[n]], {n, 1, 15}] (* A204245 *)
%t Permanent[m_] :=
%t With[{a = Array[x, Length[m]]},
%t Coefficient[Times @@ (m.a), Times @@ a]];
%t Table[Permanent[m[n]], {n, 1, 14}] (* A203228 *)
%Y Cf. A204245, A203228.
%K nonn,tabl
%O 1,5
%A _Clark Kimberling_, Jan 13 2012