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A176233 Determinant of n X n matrix with rows (n^2,-1,0,...,0), (1,n^2,-1, 0,...,0), (0,1,n^2,-1,0,...,0), ...,(0,0,...,1,n^2).

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%I A176233 #16 Feb 08 2025 18:39:08
%S A176233 1,17,747,66305,9828200,2185188193,679919101029,281956264747009,
%T A176233 150277722869740455,100090028003500150001,81458362232421250207824,
%U A176233 79539026883848399173231873,91771878445323959814042316673
%N A176233 Determinant of n X n matrix with rows (n^2,-1,0,...,0), (1,n^2,-1, 0,...,0), (0,1,n^2,-1,0,...,0), ...,(0,0,...,1,n^2).
%C A176233 Each determinant is the numerator of the fraction x(n)/y(n) = [n^2, n^2, ..., n^2] (simple continued fraction). The value x(n) is obtained by computing the determinant det(n X n) along the last column. The value y(n) is obtained by computing this determinant after removal of the first row and the first column (see example below).
%D A176233 J. M. De Koninck, A. Mercier, 1001 problèmes en théorie classique des nombres. Collection ellipses (2004), p. 115.
%F A176233 a(n) ~ n^(2*n). - _Vaclav Kotesovec_, Dec 29 2019
%e A176233 For n = 1, det[1] = 1.
%e A176233 For n = 2, det([[4,-1],[1,4]]) = 17, and the continued fraction expansion is 17/4 = [2^2,2^2].
%e A176233 For n = 3, det([[9,-1,0],[1,9,-1],[0,1,9]]) = 747, and the continued fraction expansion is 747/det([[9,-1],[1,9]]) = 747/82 = [3^2,3^2,3^2].
%p A176233 for n from 15 by -1 to 1 do x0:=n^2: for p from n by -1 to 2 do : x0:= n^2 + 1/x0 :od: print(x0): od :
%t A176233 nmax = 20; Do[x0 = n^2; Do[x0 = n^2 + 1/x0, {p, n, 2, -1}]; a[n] = Numerator[x0];, {n, nmax, 1, -1}]; Table[a[n], {n, 1, nmax}] (* _Vaclav Kotesovec_, Dec 29 2019 *)
%Y A176233 Cf. A001040, A036245, A036246, A084845, A176232.
%K A176233 nonn
%O A176233 1,2
%A A176233 _Michel Lagneau_, Apr 12 2010