Determinants with Bernoulli polynomials and the restricted partition function

Let $r\geq 1$ be an integer, $\mathbf a=(a_1,\ldots,a_r)$ a vector of positive integers and let $D\geq 1$ be a common multiple of $a_1,\ldots,a_r$. We study two natural determinants of order $rD$ with Bernoulli polynomials and we present connections with the restricted partition function $p_{ \mathbf a}(n):=$ the number of integer solutions $(x_1,\dots,x_r)$ to $\sum_{ j=1}^r a_jx_j=n$ with $x_1\geq 0, \ldots, x_r\geq 0$.

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