Problem #72




Let Mn denote the n×n matrix whose first row consists of the integers 1,2,3,...,n in order and each row is a cyclic shift (to the right) of the previous row. For example M4 is shown below.
1 2 3 4
4 1 2 3
3 4 1 2
2 3 4 1

Find det(Mn).



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