[PYTHON MATRIX-SIG] Bug in LinearAlgebra

[Konrad Hinsen]

> > Here's the fixed (but not really tested) version of determinant:
> > 
> > def determinate(a):
> >     _assertRank2(a)
> >     _assertSquareness(a)
> >     ev = eigenvalues(a)
> >     return Numeric.product(ev)
> 
> If somebody more LA familiar than myself can confirm and test this I'll
> make the change in the standard distribution.

That is indeed a correct way to calculate the determinant, although
not the most efficient one (LU decomposition is faster). If I find the
time I'll do something better, but this one is of course much
preferable to the current (wrong) function. But please also correct
the name to "determinant"!

Konrad.
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