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Arithmetic properties of some permanents

General Mathematics 2022-06-07 v7

Abstract

In this paper we study arithmetic properties of some permanents, many of which involve trigonometric functions. For any primitive nn-th root ζ\zeta of unity, we obtain closed formulas for the permanents per[1ζjxk]1j,kn  and  per[11ζjkx]1j,kn.\mathrm{per}\left[1-\zeta^jx_k\right]_{1\le j,k\le n}\ \ \text{and}\ \ \mathrm{per}\left[\frac1{1-\zeta^{j-k}x}\right]_{1\le j,k\le n}. Another typical result states that for any odd integer n>1n>1 we have tn:=1nper[tanπjkn]1j,k(n1)/2Z,t_n:=\frac1{\sqrt n}\mathrm{per}\left[\tan\pi\frac{jk}n\right]_{1\le j,k\le (n-1)/2}\in\mathbb Z, and that tp(1)(p+1)/2(modp)t_p\equiv(-1)^{(p+1)/2}\pmod p for any odd prime pp. We also pose several conjectures for further research; for example, we conjecture that per[jk]1j,kp12(modp)\mathrm{per}[|j-k|]_{1\le j,k\le p}\equiv-\frac12\pmod p for any odd prime pp.

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@article{arxiv.2108.07723,
  title  = {Arithmetic properties of some permanents},
  author = {Zhi-Wei Sun},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2108.07723},
  year   = {2022}
}

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28 pages, polished version with typos corrected

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