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On some determinants involving Jacobi symbols

Number Theory 2020-03-24 v5

Abstract

In this paper we study some conjectures on determinants with Jacobi symbol entries posed by Z.-W. Sun. For any positive integer n3(mod4)n\equiv3\pmod4, we show that (6,1)n=[6,1]n=(3,2)n=[3,2]n=0(6,1)_n=[6,1]_n=(3,2)_n=[3,2]_n=0 and (4,2)n=(8,8)n=(3,3)n=(21,112)n=0(4,2)_n=(8,8)_n=(3,3)_n=(21,112)_n=0 as conjectured by Sun, where (c,d)n=(i2+cij+dj2n)1i,jn1(c,d)_n=\bigg|\left(\frac{i^2+cij+dj^2}n\right)\bigg|_{1\le i,j\le n-1} and [c,d]n=(i2+cij+dj2n)0i,jn1[c,d]_n=\bigg|\left(\frac{i^2+cij+dj^2}n\right)\bigg|_{0\le i,j\le n-1} with (n)(\frac{\cdot}n) the Jacobi symbol. We also prove that (10,9)p=0(10,9)_p=0 for any prime p5(mod12)p\equiv5\pmod{12}, and [5,5]p=0[5,5]_p=0 for any prime p13,17(mod20)p\equiv 13,17\pmod{20}, which were also conjectured by Sun. Our proofs involve character sums over finite fields.

Cite

@article{arxiv.1812.08080,
  title  = {On some determinants involving Jacobi symbols},
  author = {Dmitry Krachun and Fedor Petrov and Zhi-Wei Sun and Maxim Vsemirnov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1812.08080},
  year   = {2020}
}

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22 pages

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