Journal of Integer Sequences, Vol. 29 (2026), Article 26.1.2

Determinants of Toeplitz-Hessenberg Matrices with Fuss-Catalan Entries


Taras Goy
Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science
Vasyl Stefanyk Carpathian National University
Ivano-Frankivsk, 76018
Ukraine

Mark Shattuck
Department of Mathematics
University of Tennessee
Knoxville, TN 37996
USA

Abstract:

We find formulas for the determinants of several Toeplitz-Hessenberg matrices whose nonzero entries are Fuss-Catalan numbers. By Trudi's formula, one obtains equivalent multi-sum identities indexed over the set of partitions of a fixed integer involving the product of Fuss-Catalan numbers and multinomial coefficients. We make use of generating functions to establish our results and, as a consequence, several entries from the OEIS are afforded new combinatorial interpretations as determinants of certain Toeplitz-Hessenberg matrices. Finally, we provide counting arguments for several of our determinant identities drawing upon combinatorial interpretations of various specific cases of the Fuss-Catalan numbers in terms of Dyck paths, ternary trees, and non-crossing partitions.


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(Concerned with sequences A000245 A001764 A006013 A007226 A014137 A023053 A026674 A047099 A066357 A098746 A115143 A121545.)


Received January 16 2025; revised version received January 3 2026. Published in Journal of Integer Sequences, January 24 2026.


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