The bialternate matrix product revisited (Q624368)

Over the years, the bialternate matrix product, introduced by \textit{C. Stépanos} [Journ. de Math. (5) 6, 73--128 (1900; JFM 31.0132.01)], was used as an efficient tool in stability theory, especially in studying polynomial and matrix stability and in the theory of dynamical systems in detecting and computing Hopf bifurcations in systems of ordinary differential equations. In this paper, the bialternate product of two square matrices is re-examined together with another matrix product defined by means of the permanent function and having similar properties. The authors present old and new results concerning both products in a unified manner. A simple and elegant relation with the Kronecker product of matrices is also given.