A new method for obtaining lower bounds on the number of matrices over a finite field with nonzero permanent is developed. Some earlier results are improved.
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Translated from Zapiski Nauchnykh Seminarov POMI, Vol. 463, 2017, pp. 13–24.
Translated by M. V. Budrevich.
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Budrevich, M.V. The Number of Matrices with Nonzero Permanent Over a Finite Field. J Math Sci 232, 752–759 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10958-018-3904-z
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