Determinant of a $ntimes n$ matrix in terms of $n-1times n-1$ matrix
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Suppose we know the determinant of matrix $A=(a_{ij})_{i,j=1}^{n-1}$. Can we express determinant of matrix $A'=(a_{ij})_{i,j=1}^{n}$ in terms of the determinant of matrix $A$?
We see that the matrix $A'$ differs from matrix $A$ only in the extra right-most column and bottom row. As a starting point, we can think of case $n=3$.
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Suppose we know the determinant of matrix $A=(a_{ij})_{i,j=1}^{n-1}$. Can we express determinant of matrix $A'=(a_{ij})_{i,j=1}^{n}$ in terms of the determinant of matrix $A$?
We see that the matrix $A'$ differs from matrix $A$ only in the extra right-most column and bottom row. As a starting point, we can think of case $n=3$.
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No. Take any $A$ with nonzero determinant and have last row of $A'$ be all $0$s.
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– mathworker21
Dec 21 '18 at 0:07
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Actually, yes. $det(A') = 0cdot det(A)+det(A')$.
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Suppose we know the determinant of matrix $A=(a_{ij})_{i,j=1}^{n-1}$. Can we express determinant of matrix $A'=(a_{ij})_{i,j=1}^{n}$ in terms of the determinant of matrix $A$?
We see that the matrix $A'$ differs from matrix $A$ only in the extra right-most column and bottom row. As a starting point, we can think of case $n=3$.
matrices determinant determinant-functions
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Suppose we know the determinant of matrix $A=(a_{ij})_{i,j=1}^{n-1}$. Can we express determinant of matrix $A'=(a_{ij})_{i,j=1}^{n}$ in terms of the determinant of matrix $A$?
We see that the matrix $A'$ differs from matrix $A$ only in the extra right-most column and bottom row. As a starting point, we can think of case $n=3$.
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matrices determinant determinant-functions
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No. Take any $A$ with nonzero determinant and have last row of $A'$ be all $0$s.
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– mathworker21
Dec 21 '18 at 0:07
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Actually, yes. $det(A') = 0cdot det(A)+det(A')$.
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Dec 21 '18 at 0:08
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No. Take any $A$ with nonzero determinant and have last row of $A'$ be all $0$s.
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– mathworker21
Dec 21 '18 at 0:07
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Actually, yes. $det(A') = 0cdot det(A)+det(A')$.
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– mathworker21
Dec 21 '18 at 0:08
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No. Take any $A$ with nonzero determinant and have last row of $A'$ be all $0$s.
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– mathworker21
Dec 21 '18 at 0:07
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No. Take any $A$ with nonzero determinant and have last row of $A'$ be all $0$s.
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– mathworker21
Dec 21 '18 at 0:07
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Actually, yes. $det(A') = 0cdot det(A)+det(A')$.
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– mathworker21
Dec 21 '18 at 0:08
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Actually, yes. $det(A') = 0cdot det(A)+det(A')$.
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No, e.g., consider:
$$begin{array}{ccc}
A = left(matrix{0 & 0 \ 0 & 1}right) & quadquad & B = left(matrix{1 & 0 \ 0 & 0 }right) \
A' = left(matrix{0 & 0 & 1 \ 0 & 1 & 0 \ 1 & 0 & 1}right) & quadquad & B' = left(matrix{1 & 0 & 1 \ 0 & 0 & 0 \ 1 & 0 & 1}right)
end{array}$$
$A$ and $B$ have the same determinant (namely $0$) and $A'$ and $B'$ are obtained from them by adding the same third row and column, but $|A'| = -1 neq 0 = |B'|$.
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I am already given the fixed entries of matrices $A$ and $A'$. For example, the matrices $A$ and $A'$ you have provided. Can we split the determinant of $A'$ as a function of the determinant of $A$. Anyway, I was already convinced that the question is too much general.
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Dec 21 '18 at 0:50
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No: think of my $B$ and $B'$ as what your $A$ and $A'$ might have been in an alternative universe. You can't give $|A'|$ as a function of $|A|$ and the entries in the extra row and column, because as $|A| = |B|$ that would give you the same answer for $|B'|$, but $|A'| neq |B'|$.
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Yes That is right!
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In general no. You need to know the values of the entries of the extra row and column. Note that if it were possible, one could iterate the process and express the determinant of any matrix in terms of the value of its corner entry (say first row, first column).
Edit. As Rob pointed out in the comments, you need to know the internals of $A$ too.
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You need to know the internals of $A$ too. See my answer. I think the OP was hoping to be able to calculate the determinant as a function of the determinant of $A$ and of the values added in the last row and column in $A'$.
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– Rob Arthan
Dec 21 '18 at 0:21
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You are right about the internals of $A$ being needed too.
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Dec 21 '18 at 0:33
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No-ish, in that there exists a formula for computing the determinant perturbatively
$$detleft(mathbf{A} + mathbf{uv}^textsf{T}right) = detleft(mathbf{A}right) + mathbf{v}^textsf{T}mathrm{adj}left(mathbf{A}right)mathbf{u}$$
but the perturbing term $mathbf{v}^textsf{T}mathrm{adj}left(mathbf{A}right)mathbf{u}$ is not solely a function of the determinant $detleft(mathbf{A}right)$.
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What connects the determinant of a matrix and its leading principal minor is Schur complement. In general, if a leading principal submatrix $A$ of a partitioned matrix $M$ is nonsingular, we have
$$
detunderbrace{pmatrix{A&B\ C&D}}_M=det(A)det(D-CA^{-1}B),
$$
where $S=D-CA^{-1}B$ is called the Schur complement of $A$ in the partitioned matrix $M$.
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No, e.g., consider:
$$begin{array}{ccc}
A = left(matrix{0 & 0 \ 0 & 1}right) & quadquad & B = left(matrix{1 & 0 \ 0 & 0 }right) \
A' = left(matrix{0 & 0 & 1 \ 0 & 1 & 0 \ 1 & 0 & 1}right) & quadquad & B' = left(matrix{1 & 0 & 1 \ 0 & 0 & 0 \ 1 & 0 & 1}right)
end{array}$$
$A$ and $B$ have the same determinant (namely $0$) and $A'$ and $B'$ are obtained from them by adding the same third row and column, but $|A'| = -1 neq 0 = |B'|$.
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I am already given the fixed entries of matrices $A$ and $A'$. For example, the matrices $A$ and $A'$ you have provided. Can we split the determinant of $A'$ as a function of the determinant of $A$. Anyway, I was already convinced that the question is too much general.
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Dec 21 '18 at 0:50
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No: think of my $B$ and $B'$ as what your $A$ and $A'$ might have been in an alternative universe. You can't give $|A'|$ as a function of $|A|$ and the entries in the extra row and column, because as $|A| = |B|$ that would give you the same answer for $|B'|$, but $|A'| neq |B'|$.
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Yes That is right!
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No, e.g., consider:
$$begin{array}{ccc}
A = left(matrix{0 & 0 \ 0 & 1}right) & quadquad & B = left(matrix{1 & 0 \ 0 & 0 }right) \
A' = left(matrix{0 & 0 & 1 \ 0 & 1 & 0 \ 1 & 0 & 1}right) & quadquad & B' = left(matrix{1 & 0 & 1 \ 0 & 0 & 0 \ 1 & 0 & 1}right)
end{array}$$
$A$ and $B$ have the same determinant (namely $0$) and $A'$ and $B'$ are obtained from them by adding the same third row and column, but $|A'| = -1 neq 0 = |B'|$.
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I am already given the fixed entries of matrices $A$ and $A'$. For example, the matrices $A$ and $A'$ you have provided. Can we split the determinant of $A'$ as a function of the determinant of $A$. Anyway, I was already convinced that the question is too much general.
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– ersh
Dec 21 '18 at 0:50
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No: think of my $B$ and $B'$ as what your $A$ and $A'$ might have been in an alternative universe. You can't give $|A'|$ as a function of $|A|$ and the entries in the extra row and column, because as $|A| = |B|$ that would give you the same answer for $|B'|$, but $|A'| neq |B'|$.
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Dec 21 '18 at 0:56
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Yes That is right!
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No, e.g., consider:
$$begin{array}{ccc}
A = left(matrix{0 & 0 \ 0 & 1}right) & quadquad & B = left(matrix{1 & 0 \ 0 & 0 }right) \
A' = left(matrix{0 & 0 & 1 \ 0 & 1 & 0 \ 1 & 0 & 1}right) & quadquad & B' = left(matrix{1 & 0 & 1 \ 0 & 0 & 0 \ 1 & 0 & 1}right)
end{array}$$
$A$ and $B$ have the same determinant (namely $0$) and $A'$ and $B'$ are obtained from them by adding the same third row and column, but $|A'| = -1 neq 0 = |B'|$.
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No, e.g., consider:
$$begin{array}{ccc}
A = left(matrix{0 & 0 \ 0 & 1}right) & quadquad & B = left(matrix{1 & 0 \ 0 & 0 }right) \
A' = left(matrix{0 & 0 & 1 \ 0 & 1 & 0 \ 1 & 0 & 1}right) & quadquad & B' = left(matrix{1 & 0 & 1 \ 0 & 0 & 0 \ 1 & 0 & 1}right)
end{array}$$
$A$ and $B$ have the same determinant (namely $0$) and $A'$ and $B'$ are obtained from them by adding the same third row and column, but $|A'| = -1 neq 0 = |B'|$.
answered Dec 21 '18 at 0:17
Rob ArthanRob Arthan
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I am already given the fixed entries of matrices $A$ and $A'$. For example, the matrices $A$ and $A'$ you have provided. Can we split the determinant of $A'$ as a function of the determinant of $A$. Anyway, I was already convinced that the question is too much general.
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Dec 21 '18 at 0:50
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No: think of my $B$ and $B'$ as what your $A$ and $A'$ might have been in an alternative universe. You can't give $|A'|$ as a function of $|A|$ and the entries in the extra row and column, because as $|A| = |B|$ that would give you the same answer for $|B'|$, but $|A'| neq |B'|$.
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– Rob Arthan
Dec 21 '18 at 0:56
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Yes That is right!
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– ersh
Dec 21 '18 at 1:23
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I am already given the fixed entries of matrices $A$ and $A'$. For example, the matrices $A$ and $A'$ you have provided. Can we split the determinant of $A'$ as a function of the determinant of $A$. Anyway, I was already convinced that the question is too much general.
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– ersh
Dec 21 '18 at 0:50
1
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No: think of my $B$ and $B'$ as what your $A$ and $A'$ might have been in an alternative universe. You can't give $|A'|$ as a function of $|A|$ and the entries in the extra row and column, because as $|A| = |B|$ that would give you the same answer for $|B'|$, but $|A'| neq |B'|$.
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– Rob Arthan
Dec 21 '18 at 0:56
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Yes That is right!
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– ersh
Dec 21 '18 at 1:23
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I am already given the fixed entries of matrices $A$ and $A'$. For example, the matrices $A$ and $A'$ you have provided. Can we split the determinant of $A'$ as a function of the determinant of $A$. Anyway, I was already convinced that the question is too much general.
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– ersh
Dec 21 '18 at 0:50
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I am already given the fixed entries of matrices $A$ and $A'$. For example, the matrices $A$ and $A'$ you have provided. Can we split the determinant of $A'$ as a function of the determinant of $A$. Anyway, I was already convinced that the question is too much general.
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Dec 21 '18 at 0:50
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No: think of my $B$ and $B'$ as what your $A$ and $A'$ might have been in an alternative universe. You can't give $|A'|$ as a function of $|A|$ and the entries in the extra row and column, because as $|A| = |B|$ that would give you the same answer for $|B'|$, but $|A'| neq |B'|$.
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– Rob Arthan
Dec 21 '18 at 0:56
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No: think of my $B$ and $B'$ as what your $A$ and $A'$ might have been in an alternative universe. You can't give $|A'|$ as a function of $|A|$ and the entries in the extra row and column, because as $|A| = |B|$ that would give you the same answer for $|B'|$, but $|A'| neq |B'|$.
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– Rob Arthan
Dec 21 '18 at 0:56
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Yes That is right!
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– ersh
Dec 21 '18 at 1:23
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Yes That is right!
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In general no. You need to know the values of the entries of the extra row and column. Note that if it were possible, one could iterate the process and express the determinant of any matrix in terms of the value of its corner entry (say first row, first column).
Edit. As Rob pointed out in the comments, you need to know the internals of $A$ too.
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You need to know the internals of $A$ too. See my answer. I think the OP was hoping to be able to calculate the determinant as a function of the determinant of $A$ and of the values added in the last row and column in $A'$.
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– Rob Arthan
Dec 21 '18 at 0:21
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You are right about the internals of $A$ being needed too.
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– positrón0802
Dec 21 '18 at 0:33
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In general no. You need to know the values of the entries of the extra row and column. Note that if it were possible, one could iterate the process and express the determinant of any matrix in terms of the value of its corner entry (say first row, first column).
Edit. As Rob pointed out in the comments, you need to know the internals of $A$ too.
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You need to know the internals of $A$ too. See my answer. I think the OP was hoping to be able to calculate the determinant as a function of the determinant of $A$ and of the values added in the last row and column in $A'$.
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– Rob Arthan
Dec 21 '18 at 0:21
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You are right about the internals of $A$ being needed too.
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– positrón0802
Dec 21 '18 at 0:33
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In general no. You need to know the values of the entries of the extra row and column. Note that if it were possible, one could iterate the process and express the determinant of any matrix in terms of the value of its corner entry (say first row, first column).
Edit. As Rob pointed out in the comments, you need to know the internals of $A$ too.
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In general no. You need to know the values of the entries of the extra row and column. Note that if it were possible, one could iterate the process and express the determinant of any matrix in terms of the value of its corner entry (say first row, first column).
Edit. As Rob pointed out in the comments, you need to know the internals of $A$ too.
edited Dec 21 '18 at 0:30
answered Dec 21 '18 at 0:03
positrón0802positrón0802
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You need to know the internals of $A$ too. See my answer. I think the OP was hoping to be able to calculate the determinant as a function of the determinant of $A$ and of the values added in the last row and column in $A'$.
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– Rob Arthan
Dec 21 '18 at 0:21
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You are right about the internals of $A$ being needed too.
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– positrón0802
Dec 21 '18 at 0:33
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You need to know the internals of $A$ too. See my answer. I think the OP was hoping to be able to calculate the determinant as a function of the determinant of $A$ and of the values added in the last row and column in $A'$.
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– Rob Arthan
Dec 21 '18 at 0:21
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You are right about the internals of $A$ being needed too.
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– positrón0802
Dec 21 '18 at 0:33
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You need to know the internals of $A$ too. See my answer. I think the OP was hoping to be able to calculate the determinant as a function of the determinant of $A$ and of the values added in the last row and column in $A'$.
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– Rob Arthan
Dec 21 '18 at 0:21
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You need to know the internals of $A$ too. See my answer. I think the OP was hoping to be able to calculate the determinant as a function of the determinant of $A$ and of the values added in the last row and column in $A'$.
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– Rob Arthan
Dec 21 '18 at 0:21
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You are right about the internals of $A$ being needed too.
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– positrón0802
Dec 21 '18 at 0:33
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You are right about the internals of $A$ being needed too.
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– positrón0802
Dec 21 '18 at 0:33
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No-ish, in that there exists a formula for computing the determinant perturbatively
$$detleft(mathbf{A} + mathbf{uv}^textsf{T}right) = detleft(mathbf{A}right) + mathbf{v}^textsf{T}mathrm{adj}left(mathbf{A}right)mathbf{u}$$
but the perturbing term $mathbf{v}^textsf{T}mathrm{adj}left(mathbf{A}right)mathbf{u}$ is not solely a function of the determinant $detleft(mathbf{A}right)$.
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No-ish, in that there exists a formula for computing the determinant perturbatively
$$detleft(mathbf{A} + mathbf{uv}^textsf{T}right) = detleft(mathbf{A}right) + mathbf{v}^textsf{T}mathrm{adj}left(mathbf{A}right)mathbf{u}$$
but the perturbing term $mathbf{v}^textsf{T}mathrm{adj}left(mathbf{A}right)mathbf{u}$ is not solely a function of the determinant $detleft(mathbf{A}right)$.
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No-ish, in that there exists a formula for computing the determinant perturbatively
$$detleft(mathbf{A} + mathbf{uv}^textsf{T}right) = detleft(mathbf{A}right) + mathbf{v}^textsf{T}mathrm{adj}left(mathbf{A}right)mathbf{u}$$
but the perturbing term $mathbf{v}^textsf{T}mathrm{adj}left(mathbf{A}right)mathbf{u}$ is not solely a function of the determinant $detleft(mathbf{A}right)$.
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No-ish, in that there exists a formula for computing the determinant perturbatively
$$detleft(mathbf{A} + mathbf{uv}^textsf{T}right) = detleft(mathbf{A}right) + mathbf{v}^textsf{T}mathrm{adj}left(mathbf{A}right)mathbf{u}$$
but the perturbing term $mathbf{v}^textsf{T}mathrm{adj}left(mathbf{A}right)mathbf{u}$ is not solely a function of the determinant $detleft(mathbf{A}right)$.
answered Dec 21 '18 at 0:08
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What connects the determinant of a matrix and its leading principal minor is Schur complement. In general, if a leading principal submatrix $A$ of a partitioned matrix $M$ is nonsingular, we have
$$
detunderbrace{pmatrix{A&B\ C&D}}_M=det(A)det(D-CA^{-1}B),
$$
where $S=D-CA^{-1}B$ is called the Schur complement of $A$ in the partitioned matrix $M$.
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What connects the determinant of a matrix and its leading principal minor is Schur complement. In general, if a leading principal submatrix $A$ of a partitioned matrix $M$ is nonsingular, we have
$$
detunderbrace{pmatrix{A&B\ C&D}}_M=det(A)det(D-CA^{-1}B),
$$
where $S=D-CA^{-1}B$ is called the Schur complement of $A$ in the partitioned matrix $M$.
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Closely related
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What connects the determinant of a matrix and its leading principal minor is Schur complement. In general, if a leading principal submatrix $A$ of a partitioned matrix $M$ is nonsingular, we have
$$
detunderbrace{pmatrix{A&B\ C&D}}_M=det(A)det(D-CA^{-1}B),
$$
where $S=D-CA^{-1}B$ is called the Schur complement of $A$ in the partitioned matrix $M$.
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What connects the determinant of a matrix and its leading principal minor is Schur complement. In general, if a leading principal submatrix $A$ of a partitioned matrix $M$ is nonsingular, we have
$$
detunderbrace{pmatrix{A&B\ C&D}}_M=det(A)det(D-CA^{-1}B),
$$
where $S=D-CA^{-1}B$ is called the Schur complement of $A$ in the partitioned matrix $M$.
answered Dec 21 '18 at 5:41
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No. Take any $A$ with nonzero determinant and have last row of $A'$ be all $0$s.
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– mathworker21
Dec 21 '18 at 0:07
$begingroup$
Actually, yes. $det(A') = 0cdot det(A)+det(A')$.
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– mathworker21
Dec 21 '18 at 0:08