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Determinants & Inverses · Challenge problem

Let AA be the 4×44\times4 matrix with entries aij=2∣i−j∣a_{ij} = 2^{|i-j|}, that is, A=(1248212442128421)A = \begin{pmatrix}1 & 2 & 4 & 8\\2 & 1 & 2 & 4\\4 & 2 & 1 & 2\\8 & 4 & 2 & 1\end{pmatrix}. Compute det⁡A\det A.