A204007 Array: row n shows the coefficients of the characteristic polynomial of the n-th principal submatrix of min{2i+j-2,2j+i-2} (A204006).
1, -1, 0, -5, 1, -1, -1, 12, -1, -2, 7, 5, -22, 1, -3, 19, -28, -15, 35, -1, -4, 35, -99, 84, 35, -51, 1, -5, 55, -220, 375, -210, -70, 70, -1, -6, 79, -403, 990, -1155, 462, 126, -92, 1, -7, 107, -660, 2093, -3575, 3069, -924, -210, 117, -1
Offset: 1
Examples
Top of the array: 1....-1 0....-5....1 -1....-1....12....-1 -2.....7....5.....-22...1
References
- (For references regarding interlacing roots, see A202605.)
Programs
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Mathematica
f[i_, j_] := Min[2 i + j - 2, 2 j + i - 2]; m[n_] := Table[f[i, j], {i, 1, n}, {j, 1, n}] TableForm[m[6]] (* 6x6 principal submatrix *) Flatten[Table[f[i, n + 1 - i], {n, 1, 12}, {i, 1, n}]] (* A204006 *) p[n_] := CharacteristicPolynomial[m[n], x]; c[n_] := CoefficientList[p[n], x] TableForm[Flatten[Table[p[n], {n, 1, 10}]]] Table[c[n], {n, 1, 12}] Flatten[%] (* A204007 *) TableForm[Table[c[n], {n, 1, 10}]]
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