Symmetric matrices, Catalan paths, and correlations

DOI10.1016/j.jcta.2016.06.014zbMath1344.05042arXiv1511.04125MaRDI QIDQ739400

Bernd Sturmfels, Lauren K. Williams, Emmanuel Tsukerman

Publication date: 18 August 2016

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

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1511.04125

zbMATH Keywords

correlation; tiling; minors; principal minors; Aztec diamond; positive semidefinite matrix; elliptope; Schröder paths; Catalan paths

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

05B20: Combinatorial aspects of matrices (incidence, Hadamard, etc.)

15A15: Determinants, permanents, traces, other special matrix functions

15B48: Positive matrices and their generalizations; cones of matrices

15B57: Hermitian, skew-Hermitian, and related matrices

05B45: Combinatorial aspects of tessellation and tiling problems