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