A204124 - OEIS

A204124

Array: row n shows the coefficients of the characteristic polynomial of the n-th principal submatrix of f(i,j) = gcd(2^(i-1), 2^(j-1)) (A144464).

1, -1, -3, -2, 1, -1, 11, 3, -1, 6, -6, -29, -4, 1, 1, -13, 8, 56, 5, -1, -1, -6, 71, -46, -102, -6, 1, 0, 4, 8, -128, 73, 161, 7, -1, 1, -4, -76, 126, 322, -164, -245, -8, 1, 1, -33, 63, 285, -295, -629, 277, 351, 9, -1, -4, 22, 121, -256, -722, 662

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OFFSET

1,3

COMMENTS

Let p(n)=p(n,x) be the characteristic polynomial of the n-th principal submatrix. The zeros of p(n) are real, and they interlace the zeros of p(n+1). See A202605 and A204016 for guides to related sequences.

REFERENCES

(For references regarding interlacing roots, see A202605.)

LINKS

Table of n, a(n) for n=1..60.

EXAMPLE

Top of the array:

1, -1;

-3, -2, 1;

-1, 11, 3, -1;

6, -6, -29, -4, 1;

MATHEMATICA

f[i_, j_] := Max[Floor[i/j], Floor[j/i]];