A Monte-Carlo Algorithm for Estimating the Permanent

Abstract
Let A be an n \Theta n matrix with 0-1 valued entries, and let per(A) be the permanentof A. We describe a Monte-Carlo algorithm which produces a "goodin the relative sense" estimate of per(A) and has running time poly(n)2n=2,where poly(n) denotes a function that grows polynomially with n.1 IntroductionLet A be an n \Theta n matrix with 0-1 valued entries, let det(A) denote the determinantof A and let per(A) denote the permanent of A. The marked contrast between thecomputational...

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