BBot
Apr 20'25
Exercise
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Prove that for a matrix [math]H\in M_N(\pm1)[/math], we have
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|\det H|\leq N^{N/2}
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and then find the maximizers of [math]|\det H|[/math], at small values of [math]N[/math].