Jump to content

Redheffer matrix

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This is an old revision of this page, as edited by David Eppstein (talk | contribs) at 20:37, 27 March 2009 (Example: smallmatrix). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

In mathematics, a Redheffer matrix, studied by Redheffer (1977), is a (0,1) matrix whose entries aij are 1 if i divides j or if j = 1; otherwise, aij = 0.

The determinant of the order n Redheffer matrix is given by the Mertens function M(n).

Example

The matrix below is the 12 × 12 Redheffer matrix.

References

  • Redheffer, Ray (1977), "Eine explizit lösbare Optimierungsaufgabe", Numerische Methoden bei Optimierungsaufgaben, Band 3 (Tagung, Math. Forschungsinst., Oberwolfach, 1976), Basel, Boston, Berlin: Birkhäuser, pp. 213–216, MR0468170