Permanents

The purpose of this book, which was first published in 1978, is to give a complete account of the theory of permanents, their history and applications.

This volume was the first complete account of the theory of permanents, covering virtually the whole of the subject, a feature that no simple survey of the theory of matrices can even attempt.

The work also contains many results stated without formal proofs.

This book can be used as a textbook at the advanced undergraduate or graduate level.

The only prerequisites are a standard undergraduate course in the theory of matrices and a measure of mathematical maturity.