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Explicit formulas are obtained over a finite field for the number of partitions of a skew matrix B into various forms: for example, B=X′AY′−XA′Y.
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Porter, A.D. Some partitions of a skew matrix. Annali di Matematica 82, 115–120 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02410791
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