A112460 Absolute value of coefficient of term [x^(n-4)] in characteristic polynomial of maximum matrix A of size n X n, where n >= 4. Maximum matrix A(i,j) is MAX(i,j), where indices i and j run from 1 to n.

4, 39, 207, 795, 2475, 6633, 15873, 34749, 70785, 135850, 247962, 433602, 730626, 1191870, 1889550, 2920566, 4412826, 6532713, 9493825, 13567125, 19092645, 26492895, 36288135, 49113675, 65739375, 87091524, 114277284, 148611892, 191648820, 245213100, 311438028

Offset: 4

Author

Paul Max Payton, Sep 23 2005

Keywords

• easy
• nonn

Crossrefs

Cf. A000217, A000914, A001844, A112459, A112461, A112462, A112463, A112464.

Programs

Mathematica

Drop[Table[(7n^8+4n^7-98n^6-56n^5+343n^4+196n^3-252n^2-144n)/40320,{n,40}],3] (* Harvey P. Dale, Dec 15 2013 *)

Formula

a(n) = (n-3)*(n-2)*(n-1)*n*(n+1)*(n+2)*(n+3)*(7*n+4)/8!.

G.f.: x^4*(4+3*x)/(1-x)^9. - Colin Barker, Mar 28 2012