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Determinants

Introduction:

If A is a square matrix then the determinant function is denoted by det and det(A)

For an instance we have a 2 x 2 matrix denominated A, therefore:

                                                                                         det(A) = [a₁₁ ,  a₁₂ ; a₂₁ , a₂₂ ]

As we already defined the determinant function we can write some formulas. The formulas for any 2 x 2 and 3 x 3 matrix will be:

                      The determinant function for a 2 x 2 matrix is:

                                                                                      $ det(A)=\left(\begin{array}{cccc}a11&a12\\a21&a22\end{array}\right) $ 

                                                                                               = (a₁₁ * a₂₂₎ - (a₁₂ * a₂₁ )                        

                      The determinant function for a 3 x 3 matrix is: 

                                                                               $ det(A)=\left(\begin{array}{cccc}a11&a12&a13\\a21&a22&a23\\a31&a32&a33\end{array}\right) $

                                         = (a₁₁ * a₂₂ * a₃₃) + (a₁₂ * a₂₃ * a₃₁) + (a₁₃ * a₂₁ * a₃₂) - (a₁₂ * a₂₁ * a₃₃) - (a₁₁ * a₂₃ * a₃₂) - (a₁₃ * a₂₂ * a₃₁) 

Properties of Determinants:

Theorem 1: Let A be an n x n matrix then; det(A) = det(A^t)

Theorem 2: If a matrix B results from matrix A by interchanging two different rows (columns) of A, then; det(B) = - det(A) 

Theorem 3: If two rows (columns) of A are equal, then; det(A) = 0

Theorem 4: If a row (column) of A consists entirely of zeros, then; det(A) = 0

Theorem 5: If B obtained from A by multiplying a row (column) of A by a real number k, then;det(B) = kdet(A)      

Theorem 6: If B = [b_ij] is obained from A = [a_ij] by adding to each element of the rth row (column) of A, k times the corresponding element of the sth row (column), r not equal s, of A, then; det(B) = det(A)

Theorem 7: If a matrix A = [a_ij] is upper (lower) triangular, then; det(A) = a₁₁*a₁₂...a_nn ; tha is, the determinant of a triangular matrix is the product of the element on themain diagonal.