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LinBox.Det(M:MAT)
 
LinBox.Det(M:MAT)

Revision as of 16:34, 21 April 2009

LinBox.Det

Compute the determinant of a matrix.

Syntax

LinBox.Det(M:MAT)

the resulting type depends on the entries of the matrix.

Description

This function returns the determinant of the square matrix M computed by the ApCoCoAServer using LinBox functions. Please note that in contrary to the built in CoCoA Det function the entries of M are only allowed to be of type RAT, INT or ZMOD. The resulting type depends on the types of the entries of the matrix.

Example

Use R ::= Q[x];
LinBox.Det(Mat([[1,2],[0,5]]));
-- CoCoAServer: computing Cpu Time = 0
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5
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Use Z[x];
LinBox.Det(Mat([[1,2],[1,4]]));
-- WARNING: Coeffs are not in a field
-- GBasis-related computations could fail to terminate or be wrong

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-- WARNING: Coeffs are not in a field
-- GBasis-related computations could fail to terminate or be wrong
-- CoCoAServer: computing Cpu Time = 0
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2
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