||'''Book'''|| Linear Algebra || ||'''Author'''|| Gilbert Strang || ||'''Edition'''|| || /* code_begins */ {{{ A=matrix(QQ,[[1,2,-2,0],[2,3,-4,1],[-1,-2,0,2],[-0,2,5,3]]) A.add_multiple_of_row(1,0,-2) A.add_multiple_of_row(2,0,1) A.add_multiple_of_row(3,1,2) A.rescale_row(3,0.2) A.rescale_row(2,0.5) A.add_multiple_of_row(3,2,1) A.det() B=matrix([[2,-1,0,0],[-1,2,-1,0],[0,-1,2,-1],[0,0,-1,-2]]) B.rescale_row(1,2) B.add_multiple_of_row(1,0,1) B.swap_rows(1,2) B.add_multiple_of_row(2,1,3) B.swap_rows(2,3) B.add_multiple_of_row(3,2,4) B.det() }}} /* code_ends */ * '''Solution by''': *, , * , *, , *, ,