Determinant Object

DESCRIPTION:

These are objects of class det They represent the determinant of a Matrix.

GENERATION:

This class of objects is returned from det methods. The "det" class of objects has methods for the following generic functions: print The following components must be included in a legitimate "det" object:

VALUE:

modulus
Either the modulus of the determinant of x or its logarithm. A logical attribute "logarithm" is included to indicate whether the true modulus or its logarithm is given.
sign
the sign of the determinant of x . For complex matrices, this will usually be a complex number with unit modulus.

A copy of the call to det is returned as an attribute, as well as workspace information if provided by the method.

SEE ALSO:

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