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A226236
Number of semisimple invertible n X n matrices over GF(2).
0
1, 3, 105, 11025, 5439105, 11193473025, 89273960290305, 2926331900465537025, 380704455834655419367425, 200503685263248842050957082625, 418936006416927720918846481798529025, 3516831926000321799217446305276779638554625
OFFSET
1,2
COMMENTS
Fulman shows that the ratio a(n)/A002884(n) converges to Product_{r>=1, r == 0,2,3 mod 5} (1-2^(-(r-1)))/(1-2^(-r)).
LINKS
Jason Fulman, Cycle Indices for the Finite Classical Groups, J. Group Thy., v. 2, 1999, 251-289.
EXAMPLE
a(2) = 3, the matrices are [[1,0],[0,1]], [[0,1],[1,1]], [[1,1],[1,0]].
CROSSREFS
Cf. A225371 (every semisimple matrix over GF(2) is a square of another matrix).
Sequence in context: A346086 A271049 A101485 * A074072 A352656 A226074
KEYWORD
nonn,nice
AUTHOR
Victor S. Miller, Jun 04 2013
STATUS
approved