Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
9498143 Linear Algebra and its Applications 2005 15 Pages PDF
Abstract
We present new identities for determinants of matrices (Ai,j) with entries (Ai,j) equal to (ai,j) or ai,0a0,j − ai,j, where the ai,j's are indeterminates. We show that these identities are behind trace identities for SL(2,C) matrices found earlier by Magnus in his study of trace algebras.
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Physical Sciences and Engineering Mathematics Algebra and Number Theory
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