This 1978 book gives an account of the theory of permanents, their history and applications.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Editor's statement; Section editor's foreword; Preface; 1. The theory of permanents in the historical order of development; 2. Properties of permanents; 3. (0, 1)-Matrices; 4. Lower bounds for permanents; 5. The van der Waerden conjecture; 6. Upper bounds for permanents; 7. Evaluation of permanents; 8. More about permanents; Bibliography; Index to bibliography; Index of notation; Index.