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Notes on the Birkhoff Algorithm for Doubly Stochastic Matrices

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

Richard A. Brualdi*
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, U.S.A.
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Abstract

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The purpose of this note is to tie together some results concerning doubly stochastic matrices and their representations as convex combinations of permutation matrices.

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Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 1982

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