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Putnam 1940 B6

  • Session B

Prove that the determinant of the matrix (a12+ka1a2a1a3…a1ana2a1a22+ka2a3…a2an……………ana1ana2ana3…an2+k)\begin{pmatrix} a_{1}^{2}+k & a_1 a_2 & a_1 a_3 &\ldots & a_1 a_n a_2 a_1 & a_{2}^{2}+k & a_2 a_3 &\ldots & a_2 a_n \ldots & \ldots & \ldots & \ldots & \ldots a_n a_1& a_n a_2 & a_n a_3 & \ldots & a_{n}^{2}+k \end{pmatrix} is divisible by kn−1k^{n-1} and find its other factor.

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