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    Pfaffian

    Definition

    An analog of the determinant for number triangles defined as a signed sum indexed by set partitions of {1, ..., n} into pairs of elements. The Pfaffian is the square root of the determinant of the corresponding antisymmetric matrix.

    Associated person

    Johann Friedrich Pfaff

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