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Putnam 2018 A2

  • Session A

Let S1,S2,…,S2n−1S_1, S_2, \dots, S_{2^n-1} be the nonempty subsets of {1,2,…,n}\{1,2,\dots,n\} in some order, and let MM be the (2n−1)×(2n−1)(2^n-1) \times (2^n-1) matrix whose (i,j)(i,j) entry is mij={0if Si∩Sj=∅;1otherwise.m_{ij} = \begin{cases} 0 & \text{if }S_i \cap S_j = \emptyset; \\ 1 & \text{otherwise.} \end{cases} Calculate the determinant of MM.

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