Putnam 2014 A2

Session A

Let $A$ be the $n \times n$ matrix whose entry in the $i$ -th row and $j$ -th column is $\frac{1}{\min(i,j)}$ for $1 \leq i,j \leq n$ . Compute $\det(A)$ .

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Solutions

Human solution Solution 1 by Kiran Kedlaya and Lenny Ng

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