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Computation of Maximal Determinants of Binary Circulant Matrices

Combinatorics 2021-02-23 v6 Discrete Mathematics

Abstract

We describe algorithms for computing maximal determinants of binary circulant matrices of small orders. Here "binary matrix" means a matrix whose elements are drawn from {0,1}\{0,1\} or {1,1}\{-1,1\}. We describe efficient parallel algorithms for the search, using Duval's algorithm for generation of necklaces and the well-known representation of the determinant of a circulant in terms of roots of unity. Tables of maximal determinants are given for orders 53\le 53. Our computations extend earlier results and disprove two plausible conjectures.

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@article{arxiv.1801.00399,
  title  = {Computation of Maximal Determinants of Binary Circulant Matrices},
  author = {Richard P. Brent and Adam B. Yedidia},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1801.00399},
  year   = {2021}
}

Comments

22 pages, 4 tables. Improved analysis of quantile estimation in v4, Table 2 updated in v5, Table 4 updated in v6

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