An observation on the determinant of a Sylvester-Kac type matrix

da Fonseca, Carlos M.; Kılıç, Emrah

doi:10.2478/auom-2020-0008

Abstract

Based on a less-known result, we prove a recent conjecture concerning the determinant of a certain Sylvester-Kac type matrix related to some Lie Algebras. The determinant of an extension of that matrix is presented.

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An observation on the determinant of a Sylvester-Kac type matrix

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