S000382


Deteminant of the n x n symmetric matrix whose lower triangular part is the binomial numbers mod 2.

0, -1, 2, 0, 0, 0, 2, 0, 0, 0, 2, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 2, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 2, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 2

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S000382

Sequence S000383 gives the conjectured locations of the 2 terms.

T. D. Noe, Plot of 343 terms

T. D. Noe, Table of 343 terms

Thomas Koshy, Triangular Arrays with Applications, Oxford, 2011, p. 171.

(Mma) Table[m = Table[0, {i, nn}, {j, nn}]; Do[m[[i+2, j+1]] = m[[j+1, i+2]] = Mod[Binomial[i, j], 2], {i, 0, nn - 2}, {j, 0, i}]; Det[m], {nn, 87}]

Cf. S000383.

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T. D. Noe, Nov 24 2014

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