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Set partitions and permanents
Let $a(n)=$ Number of ordered set partitions of $[n]$ such that the smallest element of each block is odd.
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Permanent identities
The permanent $\mathrm{per}(A)$ of a matrix $A$ of size $n\times n$ is defined to be:
$$\mathrm{per}(A)=\sum_{\tau\in S_n}\prod_{j=1}^na_{j,\tau(j)}.$$
Let
$$A=\left[\tan\pi\frac{j+k}n\right]_{1\le j,...