Arithmetic properties of some permanents

In this paper we study arithmetic properties of some permanents, many of which involve trigonometric functions. For any primitive $n$-th root $ζ$ of unity, we obtain closed formulas for the permanents $\mathrm{per}\left[1-ζ^jx_k\right]_{1\le j,k\le n}\ \ \text{and}\ \ \mathrm{per}\left[\frac1{1-ζ^{j-k}x}\right]_{1\le j,k\le n}.$ Another typical result states that for any odd integer $n>1$ we have $t_n:=\frac1{\sqrt n}\mathrm{per}\left[\tanπ\frac{jk}n\right]_{1\le j,k\le (n-1)/2}\in\mathbb Z,$ and that $t_p\equiv(-1)^{(p+1)/2}\pmod p$ for any odd prime $p$. We also pose several conjectures for further research; for example, we conjecture that $\mathrm{per}[|j-k|]_{1\le j,k\le p}\equiv-\frac12\pmod p$ for any odd prime $p$.

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