DETERMINANT

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DETERMINANT

• definition
• and
• origin

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Associated with every square matrix A there is
a number called the determinant of A. The
definition of the determinant of a 2?2 matrix
follows
( a c )
( b d )
ad - bc
det
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Associated with every square matrix A there is
a number called the determinant of A. The
definition of the determinant of a 2?2 matrix
follows
( a c )
( b d )
ad - bc
det
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Associated with every square matrix A there is
a number called the determinant of A. The
definition of the determinant of a 2?2 matrix
follows
( a c )
( b d )
ad - bc
det
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The concept determinant arose from early
attempts to generalize the process of solving
systems of linear equations. Consider the
following
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The following presentation entitled
DETERMINANT
will outline the algorithm for evaluating
the determinant of a 3?3 matrix