1,4

The scalar change effect between first elements of the matrix tridiagonals and their recursive polynomial counter parts reminded me of pseudoscalar results in tensors ( sign changes of scalars). Determinant sequence is Fibonacci: Table[Det[M[d]], {d, 1, 10}] {-1, -2, 3, 5, -8, -13, 21, 34, -55, -89} Matrices: 1 X 1 {{-1}}, 2 X 2 {{-1, -1}, {-1, 1}}, 3 X 3 {{-1, -1,0}, {-1, 1, -1}, {0, -1, -1}}, 4 X 4 {{-1, -1, 0, 0}, {-1, 1, -1, 0}, {0, -1, -1, -1}, {0, 0, -1, 1}}, 5 X 5 {{-1, -1, 0, 0, 0}. {-1, 1, -1, 0, 0}, {0, -1, -1, -1, 0}, {0, 0, -1, 1, -1}, {0, 0, 0, -1, -1}}, 6 X 6 {{-1, -1, 0, 0, 0, 0}, {-1, 1, -1, 0, 0, 0}, {0, -1, -1, -1, 0, 0}, {0, 0, -1, 1, -1, 0}, {0, 0, 0, -1, -1, -1}, {0, 0, 0, 0, -1, 1}}

Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Pseudoscalar

m(n,m,d)=If[ n == m, (-1)^n, If[n == m - 1 || n == m + 1, -1, 0]]

Triangular sequence:

{-1}},

{-1, -1},

{-2, 0, 1},

{3, 3, -1, -1},

{5, 0, -5, 0, 1},

{-8, -8, 6, 6, -1, -1},

{-13, 0, 19, 0, -8, 0, 1},

{21, 21, -25, -25, 9, 9, -1, -1},

{34, 0, -65, 0, 42, 0, -11, 0, 1},

{-55, -55, 90, 90, -51, -51, 12, 12, -1, -1},

{-89, 0, 210, 0, -183, 0, 74, 0, -14, 0, 1}

T[n_, m_, d_] := If[ n == m, (-1)^n, If[n == m - 1 || n == m + 1, -1, 0]] M[d_] := Table[T[n, m, d], {n, 1, d}, {m, 1, d}] Table[M[d], {d, 1, 10}] Table[Det[M[d]], {d, 1, 10}] Table[Det[M[d] - x*IdentityMatrix[d]], {d, 1, 10}] a = Join[{M[1]}, Table[CoefficientList[Det[ M[d] - x*IdentityMatrix[d]], x], {d, 1, 10}]] Flatten[a] MatrixForm[a]

Sequence in context: A167279 A068920 A099390 this_sequence A049600 A004542 A134405

Adjacent sequences: A124028 A124029 A124030 this_sequence A124032 A124033 A124034

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Roger Bagula and Gary Adamson (rlbagulatftn(AT)yahoo.com), Nov 01 2006