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Exercise 5

Avg difficulty 3.0

Express each of these in terms of ∣H∣\mathchoice{\left|H\right|}{|H|}{|H|}{|H|}.

  • ∣h3,1h3,2h3,3h2,1h2,2h2,3h1,1h1,2h1,3∣\begin{vmatrix}h_{3,1}&h_{3,2}&h_{3,3}\\ h_{2,1}&h_{2,2}&h_{2,3}\\ h_{1,1}&h_{1,2}&h_{1,3}\end{vmatrix}

  • ∣−h1,1−h1,2−h1,3−2h2,1−2h2,2−2h2,3−3h3,1−3h3,2−3h3,3∣\begin{vmatrix}-h_{1,1}&-h_{1,2}&-h_{1,3}\\ -2h_{2,1}&-2h_{2,2}&-2h_{2,3}\\ -3h_{3,1}&-3h_{3,2}&-3h_{3,3}\end{vmatrix}

  • ∣h1,1+h3,1h1,2+h3,2h1,3+h3,3h2,1h2,2h2,35h3,15h3,25h3,3∣\begin{vmatrix}h_{1,1}+h_{3,1}&h_{1,2}+h_{3,2}&h_{1,3}+h_{3,3}\\ h_{2,1}&h_{2,2}&h_{2,3}\\ 5h_{3,1}&5h_{3,2}&5h_{3,3}\end{vmatrix}

Hefferon, Linear Algebra, Determinants, Properties of Determinants, Exercise 5

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