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Question about determinants.

Name: Question about determinants. 2007-11-20 21:38

Suppose you have n numbers of the form (a1+n*a2+n^2*a3+...n^(n-1)*an) where a1, a2, a3, ..., an are all integers in the interval [0,n-1]. Suppose that d divides all of those numbers. Suppose you arrange those a1, a2, a3, ..., an in each row of a matrix. Does d necessarily divide the determinant of that matrix?

Name: Anonymous 2007-11-21 17:33

Take the definition of the deteriminant.


can't write it here, don't know VB code or whatever
But it's the sum over the permutation group Sn the sign of e multiplied by the product of A subscript i,e(i)

Now all Aij are divisible by d, therefore the sum of numbers of this form is divisible by d.

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