Some determinants involving binary forms

Abstract

In this paper, we study arithmetic properties of certain determinants involving powers of $i^2+cij+d{j}^2$, where $c$ and $d$ are integers. For example, for any odd integer $n>1$ with $(\frac{d}{n})=-1$ we prove that $\det [(\frac{i^2+cij+d{j}^2}{n}){]}_{0\le i,j\le n-1}$ is divisible by $\ddot{I}†(n{)}^2$, where $(\frac{\cdot }{n})$ is the Jacobi symbol and $\ddot{I}†$ is Euler's totient function. This confirms a previous conjecture of the second author.

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