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Determinants Associated to Zeta Matrices of Posets

Cristina M. Ballantine, Sharon M. Frechette, John B. Little

math.COarXiv:math/0403401

Abstract

We consider the matrix ZP=ZP+ZPt, where the entries of ZP are the values of the zeta function of the finite poset P. We give a combinatorial interpretation of the determinant of ZP and establish a recursive formula for this determinant in the case in which P is a boolean algebra.

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