On some determinants with Legendre symbol entries
Number Theory
2019-05-03 v9
Abstract
In this paper we mainly focus on some determinants with Legendre symbol entries. Let p be an odd prime and let (p⋅) be the Legendre symbol. We show that (p−S(d,p))=1 for any d∈Z with (pd)=1, and that (pWp)={(−1)∣{0<k<4p: (pk)=−1}∣(−1)⌊(p+1)/8⌋if p≡1(mod4),if p≡3(mod4), where S(d,p)=det[(pi2+dj2)]1≤i,j≤(p−1)/2 and Wp=det[(pi2−((p−1)/2)!j)]0≤i,j≤(p−1)/2. We also pose some conjectures on determinants, one of which states that (−1)⌊(p+1)/8⌋Wp is a square when p≡3(mod4).
Cite
@article{arxiv.1308.2900,
title = {On some determinants with Legendre symbol entries},
author = {Zhi-Wei Sun},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1308.2900},
year = {2019}
}
Comments
22 pages, final published version