A204119 Array: row n shows the coefficients of the characteristic polynomial of the n-th principal submatrix of f(i,j) = gcd(prime(i), prime(j)) (A204118).
2, -1, 5, -5, 1, 22, -28, 10, -1, 140, -204, 95, -17, 1, 1448, -2272, 1210, -278, 28, -1, 17856, -29680, 17444, -4732, 637, -41, 1, 291456, -504832, 317576, -96040, 15386, -1328, 58, -1, 5338368, -9577728, 6373968
Offset: 1
Examples
Top of the array: 2, -1; 5, -5, 1; 22, -28, 10, -1; 140, -204, 95, -17, 1;
References
- (For references regarding interlacing roots, see A202605.)
Programs
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Mathematica
f[i_, j_] := GCD[Prime[i], Prime[j]]; m[n_] := Table[f[i, j], {i, 1, n}, {j, 1, n}] TableForm[m[8]] (* 8 X 8 principal submatrix *) Flatten[Table[f[i, n + 1 - i], {n, 1, 15}, {i, 1, n}]] (* A204118 *) 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[%] (* A204119 *) TableForm[Table[c[n], {n, 1, 10}]]
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