(a) Show that if is a block diagonal matrix, where A and B are square matrices, then...

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(a) Show that if
(a) Show that if
is a block diagonal matrix, where A

is a block diagonal matrix, where A and B are square matrices, then det D = det A det B.
(b) Prove that the same holds for a block upper triangular matrix

(a) Show that if
is a block diagonal matrix, where A

(c) Use this method to compute the determinant of the following matrices:
(i)

(a) Show that if
is a block diagonal matrix, where A

(ii)

(a) Show that if
is a block diagonal matrix, where A

(iii)

(a) Show that if
is a block diagonal matrix, where A

(iv)

(a) Show that if
is a block diagonal matrix, where A
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Applied Linear Algebra

ISBN: 978-0131473829

1st edition

Authors: Peter J. Olver, Cheri Shakiban

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