A well known result due to Laplace states the equivalence between two different ways of defining the determinant of a square matrix. We give here a very short proof of this result, in a form that can be presented, in our opinion, at any level of undergraduate studies.

An elementary proof of Laplace's formula on determinants / Aversa, VINCENZO LIBERO; DE SIMONE, Anna. - In: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MATHEMATICAL EDUCATION IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY. - ISSN 0020-739X. - 43:3(2012), pp. 418-420. [10.1080/0020739X.2011.592618]

An elementary proof of Laplace's formula on determinants

AVERSA, VINCENZO LIBERO;DE SIMONE, ANNA
2012

Abstract

A well known result due to Laplace states the equivalence between two different ways of defining the determinant of a square matrix. We give here a very short proof of this result, in a form that can be presented, in our opinion, at any level of undergraduate studies.
2012
An elementary proof of Laplace's formula on determinants / Aversa, VINCENZO LIBERO; DE SIMONE, Anna. - In: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MATHEMATICAL EDUCATION IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY. - ISSN 0020-739X. - 43:3(2012), pp. 418-420. [10.1080/0020739X.2011.592618]
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