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A085510
Permanent of the n X n matrix whose element (i,j) equals phi(|i-j|).
2
0, 1, 2, 16, 150, 2757, 56252, 1843637, 71277004, 3592359440, 197924252436, 14915743198773, 1183551535975484, 123024814715081453, 13742505172992983210, 1747020721154054373156, 240574984100927602314902
OFFSET
1,3
LINKS
EXAMPLE
a(3)=2 because phi(0)=0, phi(1)=phi(2)=1 and so the matrix is [[0,1,1],[1,0,1],[1,1,0]] with permanent 2.
MAPLE
with(numtheory): with(linalg): p:=(i, j)->phi(abs(i-j)): seq(permanent(matrix(n, n, p)), n=1..16); # Emeric Deutsch, Dec 17 2004
MATHEMATICA
a[n_] := Permanent[Table[EulerPhi[Abs[i-j]], {i, 1, n}, {j, 1, n}]]; Table[ an = a[n]; Print["a(", n, ") = ", an]; an, {n, 1, 17}] (* Jean-François Alcover, Jan 07 2016 *)
PROG
(PARI)
aph(n)={n=abs(n); if(n>0, eulerphi(n), 0); }
a(n)=matpermanent(matrix(n, n, r, c, aph(r-c)));
vector(23, n, a(n)) \\ Joerg Arndt, Aug 15 2019
CROSSREFS
Cf. A071083.
Sequence in context: A262266 A124578 A332566 * A290785 A209391 A259901
KEYWORD
nonn,hard
AUTHOR
Yuval Dekel (dekelyuval(AT)hotmail.com), Aug 19 2003
EXTENSIONS
More terms from Emeric Deutsch, Dec 17 2004
STATUS
approved