||'''Book'''|| Linear Algebra || ||'''Author'''|| Gilbert Strang || ||'''Edition'''|| || /* code_begins */ {{{ #FOR A2 A2=matrix([[0,1],[1,0]]) A2.det() #DET IS -1 #FOR A3 A3=matrix([[0,1,1],[1,0,1],[1,1,0]]) A3.det() #DET IS 2 #FOR A4 A4=matrix([[0,1,1,1],[1,0,1,1],[1,1,0,1],[1,1,1,0]]) a4=A4.det() #DET IS -3 #FOR A5 A5=matrix([[0,1,1,1,1],[1,0,1,1,1],[1,1,0,1,1],[1,1,1,0,1],[1,1,1,1,0]]) a5=A5.det() #DET IS 4 . . . . . BASED ON ABOVE RESULTS WE CAN PREDICT THE VALUE OF "An" as follows: if n is even then det is "-(n-1)" if n is odd then det is "(n-1)" }}} /* code_ends */ * '''Solution by''': * , , * , , * , ,