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Symmetric Matrices & Quadratic Forms · Superchallenge problem

Consider the quadratic form Q(x1,…,x8)=∑i=18∑j=18gcd⁡(i,j) xixjQ(x_1, \ldots, x_8) = \displaystyle\sum_{i=1}^{8}\sum_{j=1}^{8}\gcd(i, j)\,x_ix_j. Find the determinant of its 8×88\times 8 matrix G=(gcd⁡(i,j))G = (\gcd(i, j)).