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#1 2016-05-25 04:11:56

debjit625
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Square of any determinant is symmetric.

This property is given in my book.
The square of any determinant is a symmetric determinant.
Well it works when I take a determinant say 3x3 and multiply it by itself using row to row multiplication.
But it fails if I multiply using row to column.

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#2 2016-05-25 07:07:13

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Re: Square of any determinant is symmetric.

Hi;

Can I see an example?


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#3 2016-05-26 08:12:48

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Re: Square of any determinant is symmetric.

I asked this question on other fourms but I didnt got any answer
Here is a link please read it  https://www.physicsforums.com/threads/s … ic.873144/
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#4 2016-05-26 08:31:50

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Re: Square of any determinant is symmetric.

I am inclined to agree with fresh_42. A determinant is a scalar. It is one number.

For instance:

Symmetry in a number?


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#5 2016-05-26 10:40:07

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Re: Square of any determinant is symmetric.

Well I too agree,but the problem is its not only in one book but rather more than one author is describing something like this.In that post I already gave some links to the books.


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#6 2016-05-26 13:24:56

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Re: Square of any determinant is symmetric.

Matrices can be symmetric, determinants can not.

May I see your two calculations:

using row to row multiplication.But it fails if I multiply using row to column.


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#7 2017-11-24 21:55:49

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Re: Square of any determinant is symmetric.

Perhaps the book isn’t putting things very clearly. IMO what it’s trying to say is that the square of a determinant is the determinant of a symmetric matrix. For instance:

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Last edited by Alg Num Theory (2017-11-24 22:05:15)


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