Notes on the divisibility of GCD and LCM matrices (Q2570937)

If \(f\) is an arithmetic function, and \(S=\{x_1<x_2<\dots<x_n\}\) is a set of integers, then one can consider the matrices \((S)_f=[f(\text{GCD}(x_i,x_j))]\) and \([S]_f=[f(\text{LCM}(x_i,x_j))]\). Divisibility properties of these matrices have been considered by several authors [see e.g. \textit{K. Bourque} and \textit{S. Ligh}, Lin. Algebra Appl. 174, 65--74 (1992; Zbl 0761.15013), Lin. Multilin. Algebra 34, 261--267 (1993; Zbl 0815.15022); \textit{S. Hong}, Lin. Algebra Appl. 345, 225--233 (2002; Zbl 0995.15006), Colloq. Math. 98, 113--123 (2003; Zbl 1047.11023)]. The authors present several generalization of these results, considering in particular the unitary analogues of \((S)_f\) and \([S]_f\). They also give counterexamples to two conjectures stated recently by \textit{S. Hong} [Acta Arith. 111, 165--177 (2004; Zbl 1047.11022)].