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Shaun Fallat - Maximum determinant of (0,1)-matrices with certain constant row and column sums



SHAUN FALLAT, Department of Mathematics, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia  23187, USA
Maximum determinant of (0,1)-matrices with certain constant row and column sums


The maximum absolute value of the determinant of $n \times n$ nonsingular (0,1)-matrices that have constant line sums (i.e., row sums and column sums) k is investigated. For $n \neq 4$, k=2, this maximum determinant is determined. A lower bound for the maximum absolute value of the determinant for k=3 is also given, but in general this bound is not tight. Other determinantal values and bounds for specific n and k are provided. This is joint work with Professor Pauline van den Driessche.



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