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%I #17 Feb 12 2024 13:44:22
%S 1,1,3,49,1480,50522,2517213
%N a(n) is the number of distinct values of the determinant of an n X n Hankel matrix using the integers 1 to 2*n - 1.
%H Wikipedia, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hankel_matrix">Hankel matrix</a>.
%t a[n_] := CountDistinct[Table[Det[HankelMatrix[Join[Drop[per = Part[Permutations[Range[2 n - 1]], i], n],{Part[per, n]}], Join[{Part[per, n]}, Drop[per, - n]]]], {i, (2 n - 1) !}]]; Join[{1}, Array[a, 5]]
%o (PARI) a(n) = my(v=[1..2*n-1], list=List()); forperm(v, p, listput(list, matdet(matrix(n, n, i, j, p[i+j-1])));); #Set(list); \\ _Michel Marcus_, Feb 08 2024
%o (Python)
%o from itertools import permutations
%o from sympy import Matrix
%o def A369942(n): return len({Matrix([p[i:i+n] for i in range(n)]).det() for p in permutations(range(1,n<<1))}) # _Chai Wah Wu_, Feb 12 2024
%Y Cf. A350931, A368351, A368352.
%K nonn,hard,more
%O 0,3
%A _Stefano Spezia_, Feb 06 2024
%E a(6) from _Michel Marcus_, Feb 08 2024