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2016 Guts #35

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December 24, 2016

Problem Statement

<spanclass=latexbold>(MaximalDeterminant)</span><span class='latex-bold'>(Maximal Determinant)</span> In a 17×1717 \times 17 matrix MM, all entries are ±1\pm 1. The maximum possible value of detM\left| \det M \right| is NN. Estimate NN.
An estimate of E>0E > 0 earns 20min(N/E,E/N)2\left\lfloor 20\min(N/E, E/N)^2 \right\rfloor points.