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Gasper's determinant theorem, revisited

Combinatorics 2018-04-10 v1

Abstract

Let n2n \ge 2 be a natural number, MM a real n×nn \times n matrix, ss the sum of the entries of MM and qq the sum of their squares. With α:=s/n\alpha := s/n and β:=q/n\beta := q/n, Gasper's determinant bound says that detMβn/2 |\det M| \le \beta^{n/2}, and in case of α2β\alpha^2 \ge \beta: detMα(nβα2n1)n12|\det M| \le |\alpha| \left(\frac{n\beta-\alpha^2}{n-1}\right)^{\frac{n-1}2} This article gives a corrected proof of Gasper's theorem and lists some more applications.

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@article{arxiv.1804.02897,
  title  = {Gasper's determinant theorem, revisited},
  author = {Markus Sigg},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1804.02897},
  year   = {2018}
}
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