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Overlapping Pfaffians

Combinatorics 2008-02-03 v1

Abstract

A combinatorial construction proves an identity for the product of the Pfaffian of a skew-symmetric matrix by the Pfaffian of one of its submatrices. Several applications of this identity are followed by a brief history of Pfaffians.

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@article{arxiv.math/9503234,
  title  = {Overlapping Pfaffians},
  author = {Donald E. Knuth},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/9503234},
  year   = {2008}
}