olymmath

Putnam 2016 B4

  • Session B

Let AA be a 2n×2n2n \times 2n matrix, with entries chosen independently at random. Every entry is chosen to be 0 or 1, each with probability 1/21/2. Find the expected value of det⁡(A−At)\det(A-A^t) (as a function of nn), where AtA^t is the transpose of AA.

Curated text Kedlaya Putnam archive. Quoted with source.

Solutions

Human solution Solution 1 by Kiran Kedlaya and Lenny Ng

The terms of the source let olymmath link to this solution but not copy it. Read the solution (Kedlaya Putnam archive).

Locator putnam/2016/b4 · Tag Z1BTZ9Y0XG · Edit this page on GitHub · Keys: j next, k previous