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The Evaluation of Determinants

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2025

P. S. Dwyer
P. S. Dwyer*
Affiliation:
University of Michigan
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Abstract

The numerical evaluation of determinants with a modern computing machine is discussed. Various methods are presented and their relations to each other are indicated. The methods presented parallel those developed in the previous paper on “The Solution of Simultaneous Equations.” Especially emphasized are the Abbreviated Doolittle and the Compact methods. Additional topics include the evaluation of partially symmetric determinants by means of symmetric methods and the evaluation of determinantal ratios.

Type
Original Paper
Information
Psychometrika , Volume 6 , Issue 3 , June 1941 , pp. 191 - 204
Copyright
Copyright © 1941 The Psychometric Society

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