Pfaffian identities: A combinatorial approach

DOI10.1006/jcta.2000.3117zbMath0993.15006OpenAlexW2044056153MaRDI QIDQ5937241

Angèle M. Hamel

Publication date: 17 September 2002

Published in: Journal of Combinatorial Theory. Series A (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1006/jcta.2000.3117

zbMATH Keywords

identities for determinantsLaplace expansionPfaffianSchur \(Q\)-functionsskew symmetric matrix

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Symmetric functions and generalizations (05E05) Determinants, permanents, traces, other special matrix functions (15A15) Hermitian, skew-Hermitian, and related matrices (15B57)

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