A359617 a(n) is the maximal permanent of an n X n Hermitian Toeplitz matrix using all the integers 1, 2, ..., n and with all off-diagonal elements purely imaginary.
1, 1, 5, 54, 980, 26775, 1061841, 56647472, 4103545288, 367479636012
Offset: 0
Examples
a(4) = 980: [ 4, 3*i, 2*i, i; -3*i, 4, 3*i, 2*i; -2*i, -3*i, 4, 3*i; -i, -2*i, -3*i, 4 ]
Links
- Wikipedia, Toeplitz Matrix.
Crossrefs
Programs
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Mathematica
a={1}; For[n=1, n<=7, n++, mx=-Infinity; For[d=1, d<=n, d++, For[i=1, i<=(n-1)!, i++, If[(t=Permanent[ToeplitzMatrix[Join[{d}, I Part[Permutations[Drop[Range[n], {d}]], i]]]])>mx, mx=t]]]; AppendTo[a, mx]]; a
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Python
from itertools import permutations from sympy import Matrix, I def A359617(n): return max(Matrix(n,n,[(d[i-j] if i>j else -d[j-i]) if i!=j else d[0]*I for i in range(n) for j in range(n)]).per()*(1,-I,-1,I)[n&3] for d in permutations(range(1,n+1))) if n else 1 # Chai Wah Wu, Jan 25 2023