A096964 Wendt's determinant of n.

-3, -3, 0, -375, -3993, 0, -15265344, -1343091375, 0, -210736858987743, -141498026224804329, 0, -987345386156157037417593, -4875797582053878382039400448, 0, -1562716604740038367719196682456673375

Offset: 1

Author

Ralf Stephan, Aug 01 2004

Keywords

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Comments

a(n) = 0 for multiples of 3.

See also A048954 for a different definition.

Links

• D. Ford and V. Jha, On Wendt's determinant and Sophie Germain's Theorem, Experiment. Math., Volume 2, Issue 2 (1993), 113-120.

Programs

PARI

a(n)=polresultant(x^n-1,(-1-x)^n-1,x)