The Rank of $n\times n$ Matrix Multiplication is at least 3n^2-2\sqrt{2}n^3/2-3n

Abstract We prove that the rank of the n × n matrix multiplication is at least 3 n 2 - 2 2 n 3 2 - 3 n . The previous bounds were 3 n 2 - 4 n 3 2 - n due to Landsberg [2] and 5 2 n 2 - 3 n due to Blaser [1] . Our bound improves the previous bounds for any n ⩾ 24 .