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Evaluations of some Toeplitz-type determinants

Number Theory 2023-02-15 v8

Abstract

In this paper we evaluate some Toeplitz-type determinants. Let n>1n>1 be an integer. We prove the following two basic identities: \begin{align*} \det{[j-k+\delta_{jk}]_{1\leq j,k\leq n}}&=1+\frac{n^2(n^2-1)}{12}, \\ \det{[|j-k|+\delta_{jk}]_{1\leq j,k\leq n}}&= \begin{cases} \frac{1+(-1)^{(n-1)/2}n}{2}&\text{if}\ 2\nmid n,\\ \frac{1+(-1)^{n/2}}{2}&\text{if}\ 2\mid n, \end{cases} \end{align*} where δjk\delta_{jk} is the Kronecker delta. For complex numbers a,b,ca,b,c with b0b\not=0 and a24ba^2\not=4b, and the sequence (wm)mZ(w_m)_{m\in\mathbb Z} with wk+1=awkbwk1w_{k+1}=aw_k-bw_{k-1} for all kZk\in\mathbb Z, we establish the identity det[wjk+cδjk]1j,kn=cn+cn1nw0+cn2(w12aw0w1+bw02)un2b1nn2a24b,\det[w_{j-k}+c\delta_{jk}]_{1\le j,k\le n} =c^n+c^{n-1}nw_0+c^{n-2}(w_1^2-aw_0w_1+bw_0^2)\frac{u_n^2b^{1-n}-n^2}{a^2-4b}, where u0=0u_0=0, u1=1u_1=1 and uk+1=aukbuk1u_{k+1}=au_k-bu_{k-1} for all k=1,2,k=1,2,\ldots.

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@article{arxiv.2206.12317,
  title  = {Evaluations of some Toeplitz-type determinants},
  author = {Han Wang and Zhi-Wei Sun},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2206.12317},
  year   = {2023}
}

Comments

22 pages.Add parts (ii) and (iii) of Theorem 1.1

R2 v1 2026-06-24T12:03:10.101Z