Search: id:A005249 Results 1-1 of 1 results found. %I A005249 M4882 %S A005249 1,1,12,2160,6048000,266716800000,186313420339200000,2067909047925770649600000, %T A005249 365356847125734485878112256000000,1028781784378569697887052962909388800000000, %U A005249 46206893947914691316295628839036278726983680000000000 %N A005249 Determinant of inverse Hilbert matrix. %C A005249 1/determinant of M(n)*(-1)^floor(n/2) where M(n) is the n X n matrix m(i,j)=1/(i-j+n). %C A005249 For n>=2, a(n) = Product k=1...(n-1) (2k+1) * C(2k,k)^2. This is a special case of the Cauchy determinant formula. A similar formula exists also for A067689. - Sharon Sela (sharonsela(AT)hotmail.com), Mar 23 2002 %D A005249 N. J. A. Sloane and Simon Plouffe, The Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences, Academic Press, 1995 (includes this sequence). %D A005249 M.-D. Choi, Tricks or treats with the Hilbert matrix, Amer. Math. Monthly, 90 (1983), 301-312. %D A005249 Jerry Glynn & Theodore Gray, "The Beginner's Guide to Mathematica Version 4," Cambridge University Press, Cambridge UK, 2000, page 76. %D A005249 P. J. Davis, Interpolation and Approximation, Dover Publications, 1975, p. 288. %H A005249 T. D. Noe, Table of n, a(n) for n=0..25 %H A005249 Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Link to a section of The World of Mathematics. %F A005249 a(n)=n^n*prod(k=1, n-1, (n^2-k^2)^(n-k))/prod(k=0, n-1, k!^2). - Benoit Cloitre (benoit7848c(AT)orange.fr), Jan 15 2003 %F A005249 The reciprocal of the determinant of an n X n matrix whose element at T(i, j) is 1/(i+j-1). %e A005249 The matrix begins: %e A005249 1 1/2 1/3 1/4 1/5 1/6 1/7 1/8 ... %e A005249 1/2 1/3 1/4 1/5 1/6 1/7 1/8 1/9 ... %e A005249 1/3 1/4 1/5 1/6 1/7 1/8 1/9 1/10 ... %e A005249 1/4 1/5 1/6 1/7 1/8 1/9 1/10 1/11 ... %e A005249 1/5 1/6 1/7 1/8 1/9 1/10 1/11 1/12 ... %e A005249 1/6 1/7 1/8 1/9 1/10 1/11 1/12 1/13 ... %p A005249 with(linalg): A005249 := n-> 1/det(hilbert(n)); %t A005249 Table[ 1 / Det[ Table[ 1 / (i + j), {i, 1, n}, {j, 0, n - 1} ]], {n, 1, 10} ] %o A005249 (PARI) a(n)=n^n*prod(k=1,n-1,(n^2-k^2)^(n-k))/prod(k=0,n-1,k!^2) %o A005249 (PARI) a(n)=if(n<0,0,1/matdet(mathilbert(n))) %o A005249 (PARI) a(n)=if(n<0,0,prod(k=0,n-1,(2*k)!*(2*k+1)!/k!^4)) %o A005249 (J programming language, http://www.jsoftware.com) - from Roger Hui (RHui000(AT)shaw.ca), Oct 12 2005: %o A005249 H=: % @: >: @: (+/~) @: i. %o A005249 det=: -/ .* %Y A005249 Cf. A000515, A067689, A060739. %Y A005249 Sequence in context: A012675 A101812 A064074 this_sequence A129206 A135398 A010053 %Y A005249 Adjacent sequences: A005246 A005247 A005248 this_sequence A005250 A005251 A005252 %K A005249 nonn,easy,nice %O A005249 0,3 %A A005249 N. J. A. Sloane (njas(AT)research.att.com). %E A005249 1 more term from Jud McCranie (j.mccranie(AT)comcast.net), Jul 16 2000 %E A005249 Additional comments from rgwv, Feb 06, 2002. Search completed in 0.002 seconds