The Cyclic Groups Generated by Catalan Matrices

Abstract

Let $n$ a be positive integer. The Catalan matrix of order $n$, denoted by $\mathscr{C}_n[x]$, is a lower triangular Toeplitz matrix whose nonzero elements are expressions containing Catalan numbers and a real parameter $x$. In this paper, we investigate the multiplicative order of the cyclic group generated by $\mathscr{C}_n[x]$ (for $x\in\mathbb{N}$) modulo a positive integer $m$.