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Excerpt from An Introduction to Determinants: Being a Chapter From the Theory of Equations
127. Elementary notions and definitions, 128. Rule with regard to signs, 129 - 432. Elementary propositions relating to determinants. Props. Minor determinants. Definitions, Development of determinants, 135. Laplace's development of determinants, 136. Development of a determinant in products of leading constituents, 137. Expansion of a determinant in products in pairs of the constituents of a row and column, 138. Addition of determinants. Prop. V., 139, 140. Prop. VI. And Prop. VII., 141. Multiplication of Determinants. Prep. VIII., Second proof of Prop. VIII., Rectangular arrays, 144. Solution of a system of linear equations, Linear homogeneous equations, Reciprocal determinants, Symmetrical determinants, Skew-symmetric and skew determinants. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
