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det_by_minor

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Determinant Using Expansion by Minors

Syntax

# include <cppad/speed/det_by_minor.hpp>

det_by_minor < Scalar > det ( n )

d = det ( a )

Inclusion

The template class det_by_minor is defined in the CppAD namespace by including the file cppad/speed/det_by_minor.hpp .

Constructor

The syntax

det_by_minor < Scalar > det ( n )

constructs the object det which can be used for evaluating the determinant of n by n matrices using expansion by minors.

Scalar

The type Scalar must satisfy the same conditions as in the function det_of_minor .

n

The argument n has prototype

size_t n

det

The syntax

d = det ( a )

returns the determinant of the matrix A using expansion by minors.

a

The argument a has prototype

const Vector & a

It must be a Vector with length \(n * n\) and with elements of type Scalar . The elements of the \(n \times n\) matrix \(A\) are defined, for \(i = 0 , \ldots , n-1\) and \(j = 0 , \ldots , n-1\), by

\[A_{i,j} = a[ i * m + j]\]

d

The return value d has prototype

Scalar d

It is equal to the determinant of \(A\).

Vector

If y is a Vector object, it must support the syntax

y [ i ]

where i has type size_t with value less than \(n * n\). This must return a Scalar value corresponding to the i-th element of the vector y . This is the only requirement of the type Vector .

Example

The file det_by_minor.cpp contains an example and test of det_by_minor.hpp .

Source Code

The file det_by_minor.hpp contains the source for this template function.