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General lower bounds on maximal determinants of binary matrices

Combinatorics 2021-07-05 v6 Statistics Theory Statistics Theory

Abstract

We give general lower bounds on the maximal determinant of n by n {+1,-1}-matrices, both with and without the assumption of the Hadamard conjecture. Our bounds improve on earlier results of de Launey and Levin (2010) and, for certain congruence classes of n mod 4, those of Koukouvinos, Mitrouli and Seberry (2000). In an Appendix we give a new proof, using Jacobi's determinant identity, of a result of Sz\"oll\H{o}si (2010) on minors of Hadamard matrices.

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@article{arxiv.1208.1805,
  title  = {General lower bounds on maximal determinants of binary matrices},
  author = {Richard P. Brent and Judy-anne H. Osborn},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1208.1805},
  year   = {2021}
}

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15 pages, 37 references, 1 table. Typos corrected and theorems renumbered in v6

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