Differential Equations and Linear Algebra (4th Edition)

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Chapter 3 - Determinants - 3.1 The Definition of the Determinant - Problems - Page 208: 58

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Let A be an arbitrary $4 \times 4$ matrix. By doing elementary row operations to see how change the value of $det(A)$, we can conjecture the followings: (a) When two rows of a matrix are interchanged, the determinant changes sign. (b) When one row is multiplied by a scalar A, the determinant of the resulting matrix is equal to the determinant of the original one times. (c) The determinant remains unchanged when a multiple of any row of the matrix is added to a different row.
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