Minimal Matrix

A matrix with 0 determinant whose determinant becomes nonzero when any element on or below the diagonal is changed from 0 to 1. An example is

M=[1 -1 0 0; 0 0 -1 0; 1 1 1 -1; 0 0 1 0].

There are minimal special matrices of size .

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References

Knuth, D. E. "Problem 10470." Amer. Math. Monthly 102, 655, 1995.

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