Determinant Definition

Determinant Sentence Examples

• Consideration of the definition of the determinant shows that the value is unaltered when the suffixes in each element are transposed.

• Indeed, while many diseases and health conditions are imprinted in our genetic code, our environment is a critical determinant of its unfolding.

• If the determinant is transformed so as to read by columns as it formerly did by rows its value is unchanged.

• No member of a determinant can involve more than one element from the first row.

• Such an expression as a l b 2 -a 2 b i, which is aa 2 ab 2 aa x 2 2 ax1' is usually written (ab) for brevity; in the same notation the determinant, whose rows are a l, a 2, a3; b2, b 2, b 3; c 1, c 2, c 3 respectively, is written (abc) and so on.