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A conjectured generalization of Marcus's inequality

Note: I have edited the post below in order to include sharper (conjectured) inequalities, using $|H_1 \cap H_2|$. Let $[n] = \{1, \dots, n\}$ and let $\sim$ be an equivalence relation on $[n]$. Then $...
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FPTAS for approximating the permanent of a matrix

My question concerns approximating permanent of an $n$-by-$n$ matrix. Several approximation algorithms have been proposed in the literature for this purpose, whose time complexity depend on $n$ and ...
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Does this permanent have a closed form?

What is the closed form of this permanent? (similar to the Cauchy determinant) \begin{aligned} f(z_1,z_2,\cdots,z_N,w_1,w_2,\cdots,w_N)=\left[ \small{\begin{matrix} \frac{1}{(z_1-w_1)^2} && \...
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Computing a large permanent

Is there a practical way to compute the permanent of a large ($91 \times 91$) $(0,1)$ matrix? I have tried to use the matlab function written by Luke Winslow which works great for smaller matrices ...
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