Evaluation of a determinant involving Legendre symbols
Chen-Kai RenZhi-Wei Sun
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Chen-Kai RenZhi-Wei Sun
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Let p>3 be a prime, and let (p⋅) be the Legendre symbol. Let Ap(x) denote the matrix [x+aij]1⩽i,j⩽(p−1)/2, where aij={(pj)ifi=1,$pi+j)ifi>1. In 2018 Z.-W. Sun conjectured that detAp(0)=−2(p−3)/2 if p≡3(mod4), which was later confirmed by G. Zaimi. In this paper we evaluate detAp(x) completely.