\magnification=1200 \hsize=4in \overfullrule=0pt \input amssym %\def\frac#1 #2 {{#1\over #2}} \def\emph#1{{\it #1}} \def\em{\it} \nopagenumbers \noindent % % {\bf Noga Alon and Shmuel Friedland} % % \medskip \noindent % % {\bf The Maximum Number of Perfect Matchings in Graphs with a Given Degree Sequence} % % \vskip 5mm \noindent % % % % We show that the number of perfect matchings in a simple graph $G$ with an even number of vertices and degree sequence $d_1,d_2, \ldots ,d_n$ is at most $ \prod_{i=1}^n (d_i!)^{{1\over 2d_i}}$. This bound is sharp if and only if $G$ is a union of complete balanced bipartite graphs. \bye .