Manuals/calci/MDETERM

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Description

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MDETERM

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MDETERM(a)

Where a is a numeric array, have same number of rows and columns.

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• a can be given as a cell range, {1,2,3;4,5,6;7,8,9}; or as a name to either of these.
• Matrix determinants are generally used for solving systems of mathematical equations that involve several variables.

 

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MDETERM function gives you the matrix determinant of an array.

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                C1       C2         C3      C4

R1            2          3            4         5

R2            2          5            1         4

R3           5          5             4         6

R4           4          1             5         2

That is MDETERM (B2:E5) is 84

 

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	Column1	Column2	Column3	Column4
Row1	2	3	4	5
Row2	2	5	1	4
Row3	5	5	4	6
Row4	4	1	5	2
Row5	84
Row6

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