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Minimum determinant of a n X n Hankel matrix with entries in {0,1}.
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%I #40 Jan 23 2026 22:23:29

%S 0,-1,-2,-3,-5,-9,-32,-56,-117,-315,-1458,-2673,-7776,-22386,-131072

%N Minimum determinant of a n X n Hankel matrix with entries in {0,1}.

%H David Consiglio, Jr., <a href="/A390669/a390669.py.txt">Python</a>

%e Examples achieving the minimum, given as a binary string of length 2n-1 whose length-n sliding windows give the successive rows of the matrix:

%e 1 0

%e 2 010

%e 3 01101

%e 4 1011101

%e 5 010111010

%e 6 00010110011

%e 7 0010111001011

%e 8 101011100101111

%e 9 00100101110011010

%e 10 0011010111001001011

%e 11 000101101110001011011

%e 12 10010110111000101101111

%e 13 0001010110011111010100110

%e 14 000110011010111110001001010

%e 15 00010011010111100010011010111

%Y Cf. A096390, which covers the case of maximum determinant.

%K sign,more

%O 1,3

%A _Jeffrey Shallit_, Jan 15 2026

%E a(13)-a(15) from _David Consiglio, Jr._, Jan 23 2026