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Pfaffian
the Pfaffian of a skew-symmetric matrix
Description
This function returns the Pfaffian of M.
Example
Use R ::= Q[x,y]; Pfaffian(Mat([[0,y],[-y,0]])); y -------------------------------
Syntax
Pfaffian(M:MAT) where M is skew-symmetric. The resulting type depends on the entries of the matrix.
<type>matrix</type>