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A note on the theory of immanants

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General properties of immanants are derived with special emphasis on practical methods of computing them. A general theorem on the structure of the immanants of a skew-symmetric matrix of odd order is proven.

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  1. Department of Mathematical Sciences, New Mexico State University, 88003, Las Cruces, New Mexico, U.S.A.

    John D. Thomas & Joseph D. Zund

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Thomas, J.D., Zund, J.D. A note on the theory of immanants. Rend. Circ. Mat. Palermo 28, 143–150 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02849593

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