The Determinant of a Matrix

Description

This Sage cell calculates the determinant of the matrix

(1)
\begin{align} A = \begin{pmatrix} 1 & 2 & 3 \\ -4 & 0 & 2 \\ -3 & 3 & 1 \end{pmatrix}. \end{align}

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Code

A = matrix(QQ, [[1,2,3],[-4,0,2],[-3,3,1]])
A.determinant()

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CC:math.la.i.mat.det

Primary Tags: Linear Algebra: Determinants

Secondary Tags: Determinants: Computing determinants

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Author: T. Judson

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Date: 19 Jun 2017 17:35

Submitted by: Tom Judson

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