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A121231 Number of n X n binary matrices M such that M^2 is also a binary matrix. +0
4
2, 11, 172, 6327, 474286, 67147431 (list; graph; listen)
OFFSET

1,1

COMMENT

A binary matrix is a real matrix with entries 0 and 1.

Comments from Brendan McKay (bdm(AT)cs.anu.edu.au), Aug 21 2006: Equivalently, directed graphs (simple but loops allowed) without a few small forbidden subgraphs (those allowing 2 distinct paths of length 2 from vertex x to vertex y for some x,y; I think there are 6 possibilities). One can also consider isomorphism classes of those digraphs.

Comment Rob Pratt (Rob.Pratt(AT)sas.com), Aug 03 2008: A121294 provides a lower bound on the maximum number of 1's in such a matrix M. There are cases where a higher number is reached; the following 5 X 5 matrix has 11 ones and its square is binary:

0 0 1 0 0

0 0 0 0 1

1 1 0 0 1

1 1 0 1 0

1 1 0 1 0.

The optimal values seem to match A070214, verified for n<=7.

Term (5,1) of n-th power of the 5x5 matrix shown = A001045(n), the Jacobsthal sequence. [From Gary W. Adamson (qntmpkt(AT)yahoo.com), Oct 03 2008]

LINKS

Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Background information about adjacency matrices

Wikipedia, Background information about adjacency matrices

CROSSREFS

Cf. A121294.

A001045 [From Gary W. Adamson (qntmpkt(AT)yahoo.com), Oct 03 2008]

Sequence in context: A051255 A120445 A003088 this_sequence A122527 A039747 A049531

Adjacent sequences: A121228 A121229 A121230 this_sequence A121232 A121233 A121234

KEYWORD

nonn

AUTHOR

Dan Dima (dimad72(AT)gmail.com), Aug 21 2006

EXTENSIONS

Edited by R. J. Mathar, Oct 01 2008

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