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Matrices & Systems · Superchallenge problem

Define matrices H1=(1)H_1 = (1) and, for each mm, the 2m×2m2m\times 2m block matrix H2m=(HmHmHm−Hm)H_{2m} = \begin{pmatrix}H_m & H_m\\H_m & -H_m\end{pmatrix}. So H2=(111−1)H_2 = \begin{pmatrix}1 & 1\\1 & -1\end{pmatrix}, and H16H_{16} is a 16×1616\times 16 matrix of ±1\pm1s. Find the sum of all 256256 entries of (H16+2I)−1(H_{16} + 2I)^{-1}.