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Determinant is linear as a function of each of the rows of the matrix.



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Today I heard in a lecture (some video on YouTube) that the determinant is linear as a function of each of the rows of the matrix.



I am not able to understand the above statement. I know that determinant is a special function which assign to each $x$ in $mathbb K^{n times n}$ a scalar. This is the intuitive idea. And this map is not linear as well. One way to see this is to consider the fact that determinant of $cA$ is $c^ndet(A)$



Can someone please explain what did the person mean by saying that the determinant is linear as a function of each of the rows of matrix?






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    I got it. It means that elementary row operations have a linear effect on determinant. Say $A=(r1,r2,...,r_n)$ is a matrix then det of $(r_1,..,cr_j +r_i,..,r_n)$ is nothing but determinant of $(r_1,..,cr_j,..,r_n)$ plus determinant of $(r_1,..,r_i,..,r_n)$.Am I right?
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    Yes. The fact that is is linear in each row separately gives rise to the combinatorial formula for the determinant.
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Today I heard in a lecture (some video on YouTube) that the determinant is linear as a function of each of the rows of the matrix.



I am not able to understand the above statement. I know that determinant is a special function which assign to each $x$ in $mathbb K^{n times n}$ a scalar. This is the intuitive idea. And this map is not linear as well. One way to see this is to consider the fact that determinant of $cA$ is $c^ndet(A)$



Can someone please explain what did the person mean by saying that the determinant is linear as a function of each of the rows of matrix?






linear-algebra matrices determinant







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    I got it. It means that elementary row operations have a linear effect on determinant. Say $A=(r1,r2,...,r_n)$ is a matrix then det of $(r_1,..,cr_j +r_i,..,r_n)$ is nothing but determinant of $(r_1,..,cr_j,..,r_n)$ plus determinant of $(r_1,..,r_i,..,r_n)$.Am I right?
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    Yes. The fact that is is linear in each row separately gives rise to the combinatorial formula for the determinant.
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Today I heard in a lecture (some video on YouTube) that the determinant is linear as a function of each of the rows of the matrix.



I am not able to understand the above statement. I know that determinant is a special function which assign to each $x$ in $mathbb K^{n times n}$ a scalar. This is the intuitive idea. And this map is not linear as well. One way to see this is to consider the fact that determinant of $cA$ is $c^ndet(A)$



Can someone please explain what did the person mean by saying that the determinant is linear as a function of each of the rows of matrix?






linear-algebra matrices determinant







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Today I heard in a lecture (some video on YouTube) that the determinant is linear as a function of each of the rows of the matrix.



I am not able to understand the above statement. I know that determinant is a special function which assign to each $x$ in $mathbb K^{n times n}$ a scalar. This is the intuitive idea. And this map is not linear as well. One way to see this is to consider the fact that determinant of $cA$ is $c^ndet(A)$



Can someone please explain what did the person mean by saying that the determinant is linear as a function of each of the rows of matrix?






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  • $begingroup$
    I got it. It means that elementary row operations have a linear effect on determinant. Say $A=(r1,r2,...,r_n)$ is a matrix then det of $(r_1,..,cr_j +r_i,..,r_n)$ is nothing but determinant of $(r_1,..,cr_j,..,r_n)$ plus determinant of $(r_1,..,r_i,..,r_n)$.Am I right?
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    Yes. The fact that is is linear in each row separately gives rise to the combinatorial formula for the determinant.
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  • $begingroup$
    I got it. It means that elementary row operations have a linear effect on determinant. Say $A=(r1,r2,...,r_n)$ is a matrix then det of $(r_1,..,cr_j +r_i,..,r_n)$ is nothing but determinant of $(r_1,..,cr_j,..,r_n)$ plus determinant of $(r_1,..,r_i,..,r_n)$.Am I right?
    $endgroup$
    – StammeringMathematician
    49 mins ago










  • $begingroup$
    Yes. The fact that is is linear in each row separately gives rise to the combinatorial formula for the determinant.
    $endgroup$
    – copper.hat
    48 mins ago


















$begingroup$
I got it. It means that elementary row operations have a linear effect on determinant. Say $A=(r1,r2,...,r_n)$ is a matrix then det of $(r_1,..,cr_j +r_i,..,r_n)$ is nothing but determinant of $(r_1,..,cr_j,..,r_n)$ plus determinant of $(r_1,..,r_i,..,r_n)$.Am I right?
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– StammeringMathematician
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I got it. It means that elementary row operations have a linear effect on determinant. Say $A=(r1,r2,...,r_n)$ is a matrix then det of $(r_1,..,cr_j +r_i,..,r_n)$ is nothing but determinant of $(r_1,..,cr_j,..,r_n)$ plus determinant of $(r_1,..,r_i,..,r_n)$.Am I right?
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Yes. The fact that is is linear in each row separately gives rise to the combinatorial formula for the determinant.
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Yes. The fact that is is linear in each row separately gives rise to the combinatorial formula for the determinant.
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If $r_1, ldots r_n$ are the rows of the matrix and $r_i = sa+tb$, where $s,t$ are scalars and $a,b$ are row vectors, then you have



$$detbegin{pmatrix}r_1 \ vdots \r_i \ vdots \ r_nend{pmatrix} = detbegin{pmatrix}r_1 \ vdots \ sa+tb \ vdots \ r_nend{pmatrix} = sdetbegin{pmatrix}r_1 \ vdots \ a \ vdots \ r_nend{pmatrix} + tdetbegin{pmatrix}r_1 \ vdots \ b \ vdots \ r_nend{pmatrix}$$



This holds for any row $i=1,ldots , n$. And similarly this also applies to columns.






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    Let $M$ be an $ntimes n$ matrix with rows $mathbf{r}_1,dots,mathbf{r}_n$. Then we may think of the determinant as a function of the rows
    $$
    det(M)=det(mathbf{r}_1,dots,mathbf{r}_n).
    $$
    To say that $det$ is a linear function of the rows means that if we scale a single row by $c$, the result is scaled by $c$; that is,
    $$
    det(mathbf{r}_1,dots,mathbf{r}_{i-1},cmathbf{r}_i,mathbf{r}_{i+1}dotsmathbf{r}_n)=cdet(mathbf{r}_1,dots,mathbf{r}_n).
    $$
    Similarly if we fix all but one row (say the first), we obtain
    $$
    det(mathbf{x}+mathbf{r}_1,mathbf{r}_2,dots,mathbf{r}_n)=det(mathbf{x},dots,mathbf{r}_n)+det(mathbf{r}_1,dots,mathbf{r}_n).
    $$
    Your mistake was that you scale all the rows at once; to be linear, you can only do things "one at a time"






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      If $r_1, ldots r_n$ are the rows of the matrix and $r_i = sa+tb$, where $s,t$ are scalars and $a,b$ are row vectors, then you have



      $$detbegin{pmatrix}r_1 \ vdots \r_i \ vdots \ r_nend{pmatrix} = detbegin{pmatrix}r_1 \ vdots \ sa+tb \ vdots \ r_nend{pmatrix} = sdetbegin{pmatrix}r_1 \ vdots \ a \ vdots \ r_nend{pmatrix} + tdetbegin{pmatrix}r_1 \ vdots \ b \ vdots \ r_nend{pmatrix}$$



      This holds for any row $i=1,ldots , n$. And similarly this also applies to columns.






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        If $r_1, ldots r_n$ are the rows of the matrix and $r_i = sa+tb$, where $s,t$ are scalars and $a,b$ are row vectors, then you have



        $$detbegin{pmatrix}r_1 \ vdots \r_i \ vdots \ r_nend{pmatrix} = detbegin{pmatrix}r_1 \ vdots \ sa+tb \ vdots \ r_nend{pmatrix} = sdetbegin{pmatrix}r_1 \ vdots \ a \ vdots \ r_nend{pmatrix} + tdetbegin{pmatrix}r_1 \ vdots \ b \ vdots \ r_nend{pmatrix}$$



        This holds for any row $i=1,ldots , n$. And similarly this also applies to columns.






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          If $r_1, ldots r_n$ are the rows of the matrix and $r_i = sa+tb$, where $s,t$ are scalars and $a,b$ are row vectors, then you have



          $$detbegin{pmatrix}r_1 \ vdots \r_i \ vdots \ r_nend{pmatrix} = detbegin{pmatrix}r_1 \ vdots \ sa+tb \ vdots \ r_nend{pmatrix} = sdetbegin{pmatrix}r_1 \ vdots \ a \ vdots \ r_nend{pmatrix} + tdetbegin{pmatrix}r_1 \ vdots \ b \ vdots \ r_nend{pmatrix}$$



          This holds for any row $i=1,ldots , n$. And similarly this also applies to columns.






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          If $r_1, ldots r_n$ are the rows of the matrix and $r_i = sa+tb$, where $s,t$ are scalars and $a,b$ are row vectors, then you have



          $$detbegin{pmatrix}r_1 \ vdots \r_i \ vdots \ r_nend{pmatrix} = detbegin{pmatrix}r_1 \ vdots \ sa+tb \ vdots \ r_nend{pmatrix} = sdetbegin{pmatrix}r_1 \ vdots \ a \ vdots \ r_nend{pmatrix} + tdetbegin{pmatrix}r_1 \ vdots \ b \ vdots \ r_nend{pmatrix}$$



          This holds for any row $i=1,ldots , n$. And similarly this also applies to columns.







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              Let $M$ be an $ntimes n$ matrix with rows $mathbf{r}_1,dots,mathbf{r}_n$. Then we may think of the determinant as a function of the rows
              $$
              det(M)=det(mathbf{r}_1,dots,mathbf{r}_n).
              $$
              To say that $det$ is a linear function of the rows means that if we scale a single row by $c$, the result is scaled by $c$; that is,
              $$
              det(mathbf{r}_1,dots,mathbf{r}_{i-1},cmathbf{r}_i,mathbf{r}_{i+1}dotsmathbf{r}_n)=cdet(mathbf{r}_1,dots,mathbf{r}_n).
              $$
              Similarly if we fix all but one row (say the first), we obtain
              $$
              det(mathbf{x}+mathbf{r}_1,mathbf{r}_2,dots,mathbf{r}_n)=det(mathbf{x},dots,mathbf{r}_n)+det(mathbf{r}_1,dots,mathbf{r}_n).
              $$
              Your mistake was that you scale all the rows at once; to be linear, you can only do things "one at a time"






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                Let $M$ be an $ntimes n$ matrix with rows $mathbf{r}_1,dots,mathbf{r}_n$. Then we may think of the determinant as a function of the rows
                $$
                det(M)=det(mathbf{r}_1,dots,mathbf{r}_n).
                $$
                To say that $det$ is a linear function of the rows means that if we scale a single row by $c$, the result is scaled by $c$; that is,
                $$
                det(mathbf{r}_1,dots,mathbf{r}_{i-1},cmathbf{r}_i,mathbf{r}_{i+1}dotsmathbf{r}_n)=cdet(mathbf{r}_1,dots,mathbf{r}_n).
                $$
                Similarly if we fix all but one row (say the first), we obtain
                $$
                det(mathbf{x}+mathbf{r}_1,mathbf{r}_2,dots,mathbf{r}_n)=det(mathbf{x},dots,mathbf{r}_n)+det(mathbf{r}_1,dots,mathbf{r}_n).
                $$
                Your mistake was that you scale all the rows at once; to be linear, you can only do things "one at a time"






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                  Let $M$ be an $ntimes n$ matrix with rows $mathbf{r}_1,dots,mathbf{r}_n$. Then we may think of the determinant as a function of the rows
                  $$
                  det(M)=det(mathbf{r}_1,dots,mathbf{r}_n).
                  $$
                  To say that $det$ is a linear function of the rows means that if we scale a single row by $c$, the result is scaled by $c$; that is,
                  $$
                  det(mathbf{r}_1,dots,mathbf{r}_{i-1},cmathbf{r}_i,mathbf{r}_{i+1}dotsmathbf{r}_n)=cdet(mathbf{r}_1,dots,mathbf{r}_n).
                  $$
                  Similarly if we fix all but one row (say the first), we obtain
                  $$
                  det(mathbf{x}+mathbf{r}_1,mathbf{r}_2,dots,mathbf{r}_n)=det(mathbf{x},dots,mathbf{r}_n)+det(mathbf{r}_1,dots,mathbf{r}_n).
                  $$
                  Your mistake was that you scale all the rows at once; to be linear, you can only do things "one at a time"






                  share|cite|improve this answer









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                  Let $M$ be an $ntimes n$ matrix with rows $mathbf{r}_1,dots,mathbf{r}_n$. Then we may think of the determinant as a function of the rows
                  $$
                  det(M)=det(mathbf{r}_1,dots,mathbf{r}_n).
                  $$
                  To say that $det$ is a linear function of the rows means that if we scale a single row by $c$, the result is scaled by $c$; that is,
                  $$
                  det(mathbf{r}_1,dots,mathbf{r}_{i-1},cmathbf{r}_i,mathbf{r}_{i+1}dotsmathbf{r}_n)=cdet(mathbf{r}_1,dots,mathbf{r}_n).
                  $$
                  Similarly if we fix all but one row (say the first), we obtain
                  $$
                  det(mathbf{x}+mathbf{r}_1,mathbf{r}_2,dots,mathbf{r}_n)=det(mathbf{x},dots,mathbf{r}_n)+det(mathbf{r}_1,dots,mathbf{r}_n).
                  $$
                  Your mistake was that you scale all the rows at once; to be linear, you can only do things "one at a time"







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