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2 claims from 2 papers

1. Mathematics › Tensor decomposition and applications

   Bad and good news for Strassen's laser method: Border rank of the 3x3 permanent and strict submultiplicativity

   Conner, Huang and Landsberg · arXiv (Cornell University) · 2020

   The paper finds the border rank of the 3x3 permanent is 16 and bounds the border rank of a squared q=4 skew tensor, both relevant to bounds on the matrix multiplication exponent.

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   1. Supported · 71%The Kronecker square of a q=4 skew Coppersmith-Winograd-type tensor has border rank at most 42, below the 64 that simple squaring of its border rank would give.“Regarding its $q=4$ skew cousin in $ C^5\otimes C^5\otimes C^5$, which could potentially be used to prove $ω\leq 2.11$, we show the border rank of its Kronecker square is at most $42$, a remarkable sub-multiplicativity result, as the square of its border rank is $64$.”

2. Mathematics › Tensor decomposition and applications

   Product Ranks of the $3\times 3$ Determinant and Permanent

   Ilten and Zach · arXiv (Cornell University) · 2015

   The paper determines the product rank and tensor rank of the 3×3 determinant and permanent, and shows the border product rank of the n×n permanent exceeds n for every n of at least 3.

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   1. UncheckedThe paper shows the 3×3 determinant has product rank 5 and the 3×3 permanent has product rank 4, which gives the same values as their tensor ranks.“We show that the product rank of the $3\times 3$ determinant is $5$, and the product rank of the $3\times 3$ permanent is $4$. As a corollary, we obtain that the tensor ranks of the $3 \times 3$ determinant and permanent are $5$ and $4$, respectively.”