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Laplace expansion en · NOUN

Etymology

Named after Pierre-Simon Laplace.

Meanings

  1. An expression for the determinant |B| of an n × n matrix B that is a weighted sum of the determinants of n submatrices (or minors) of B, each of size (n − 1) × (n − 1).

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Synonyms

cofactor expansion

wikipedia: Pierre-Simon Laplace