An elementary proof of Chollet’s permanent conjecture for 4 × 4 real matrices

A proof of the statement per(A ∘ B) ≤ per(A)per(B) is given for 4 × 4 positive semidefinite real matrices. The proof uses only elementary linear algebra and a rather lengthy series of simple inequalities.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hutchinson George
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: De Gruyter 2021-01-01
Series:Special Matrices
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1515/spma-2020-0126