Let nβN, and let A=(aijβ)1β€i,jβ€nβ be an nΓn real matrix. The determinant of A is the real number det(A)=βΟβSnββsgn(Ο)a1,Ο(1)ββ―an,Ο(n)β, where Snβ is the set of permutations fromβ¦
Let m,nβN. Let A=(AΞ±iβ) be an mΓn matrix with real entries, and let v=(v1β,β¦,vnβ)βRn. The product vector AvβRm is defined by (Av)Ξ±β=βi=1nβAΞ±iβviβ for every Ξ±β{1,β¦,m}.
Let m,n,pβN. Let A=(AΞ±iβ) be an mΓn matrix with real entries, and let B=(BiΞ²β) be an nΓp matrix with real entries. The product matrix AB is the mΓp matrix whose (Ξ±,Ξ²) entry is defined byβ¦