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FLINT`Det

Status: Stable

documented, exercised by the test suite and/or worked examples, with no known limitations recorded.

Description

FLINT`Det[m] gives the determinant of the square matrix m when every entry is an integer or rational, computed exactly and directly via FLINT (fmpq_mat_det). Returns unevaluated for a matrix with any non-rational entry.

Examples

All examples below are verified against the current Mathilda build.

In[1]:= FLINT`Det[{{1, 2}, {3, 4}}]
Out[1]= -2

Implementation notes

Attributes: Protected.

Implementation status

Stable — documented, exercised by the test suite and/or worked examples, with no known limitations recorded.

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