More on divisibility of determinants of LCM matrices on GCD-closed sets (Q2431854)

Let \(S=\{x_1,\dots,x_n\}\) be a set of distinct positive integers closed under the greatest common divisor, and let \((S)_n=[(x_i,x_j)]_{ij}\) and \([S]_n=[[x_i,x_j]]_{ij}\). It is proved that if all \(x_i\) are less than \(18\), then \(\det(S)_n\) divides \(\det[S]_n\). This has been previously established for \(x_i<12\) by \textit{S. Hong} [Southeast Asian Bull. Math. 27, 615--621 (2003; Zbl 1160.11316)], who also gave an example showing that it may be false when \(\max x_i=18\).