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(0,1) Matrices  
« on: Jan 27th, 2007, 7:37am »
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Define a (0,1) matrix A as a matrix whose entries are all either 0 or 1.  
 
How many nxn (0,1) matrices are there such that A2 is also a (0,1) matrix?
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« Reply #1 on: Mar 9th, 2007, 9:09am »
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I haven't done anything more than compute
 
2, 11, 172, 6327, ....
 
(Do you understand the meaning of 7 X n binary matrices?)
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« Reply #2 on: Mar 9th, 2007, 9:39am »
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on Mar 9th, 2007, 9:09am, Eigenray wrote:

(Do you understand the meaning of 7 X n binary matrices?)

No, I don't have an answer for this one.
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« Reply #3 on: Mar 9th, 2007, 8:33pm »
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It's definitely A121231, which may or may not be the same as A122527, but I have no idea how the latter is the "number of 7 X n binary matrices," unless binary matrix means something else there.  Presumably balakrishnan knows though.
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