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Putnam 2023 B6

  • Session B

Let nn be a positive integer. For ii and jj in {1,2,…,n}\{1,2,\dots,n\}, let s(i,j)s(i,j) be the number of pairs (a,b)(a,b) of nonnegative integers satisfying ai+bj=nai +bj=n. Let SS be the nn-by-nn matrix whose (i,j)(i,j) entry is s(i,j)s(i,j). For example, when n=5n=5, we have S=[6322230101210012000121112]S = \begin{bmatrix} 6 & 3 & 2 & 2 & 2 \\ 3 & 0 & 1 & 0 & 1 \\ 2 & 1 & 0 & 0 & 1 \\ 2 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 1 \\ 2 & 1 & 1 & 1 & 2 \end{bmatrix}. Compute the determinant of SS.

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