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Sum of number of perfect matchings and a constant constuction

Suppose we have two bipartite graphs $G_1$ and $G_2$ with perfect matching count $P_1$ and $P_2$ respectively then their disjoint union gives a bipartite graph with perfect matching $P_1P_2$. Is ...
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Standard interpretation of permanents (of orthogonal included) over finite fields

Given a $0/1$ matrix in $\mathbb Z^{n\times n}$ the standard interpretation of permanent of the matrix is the number of perfect matchings in the underlying $2n$ vertex balanced bipartite graph with ...
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Mod $2$ of $\#PM(G)$ for arbitrary G?

Permanent mod $2$ of biadjacency gives polynomial time algorithm of $\#PM(G)\mod 2$ of perfect matchings of bipartite graph. Is there a similar efficient strategy for general graphs?
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Is every positive integer the permanent of some 0-1 matrix?

In the course of discussing another MO question we realized that we did not know the answer to a more basic question, namely: Is it true that for every positive integer $k$ there exists a balanced ...
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Minimum size of genus $g$ bipartite graphs with $2^n$ perfect matchings

Given $n\in\Bbb Z_{\geq0}$ let $2T_{n,g}$ be size of smallest number of vertices of genus $g$ bipartite graph with $T_{n,g}$ vertices of each color such that number of perfect matchings is $2^n$. Eg: ...
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Missing count in number of perfect matchings

Let $f(G)$ give number of perfect matchings of a graph $G$. Denote $\mathcal N_{2n}=\{0,1,2,\dots,n!-1,n!\}$. Denote collection of all $2n$ vertex balanced bipartite graph to be $\mathcal G_{2n}$. ...
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Reduction from permanent to $(0,1)$-permanent and implication of $P \ne NP$

Valiant shows reduction from counting the solutions of CNF formula $F$,$\#SAT(F)$ to computing permanent where $ Perm(A)= 4^{t(F)}\cdot \#SAT(F)$ for certain efficiently computable $t(F)$ and matrix $...
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