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A surprising identity: $\det[\cos\pi\frac{jk}n]_{1\le j,k\le n}=(-1)^{\lfloor\frac{n+1}2\rfloor}(n/2)^{(n-1)/2}$

On the basis of my computation, here I pose my following conjecture involving the cosine function. Conjecture. For any positive integer $n$, we have the identity $$\frac1{2n}\det\left[\cos\pi\frac{jk}...
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