Quaternion Function Reference

det

Determinant of a quaternion matrix
(Quaternion overloading of standard MATLAB® function)

Syntax

Y = det(X, T)

Description

det(X, T) computes the determinant of the square quaternion matrix X. The second parameter, T, indicates the type of determinant, and must be one of 'Moore', 'Dieudonné', 'Dieudonne' or 'Study'. There is no default.

Examples

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See Also

MATLAB® function: det

References

  1. Helmer Aslaksen, 'Quaternionic Determinants', The Mathematical Intelligencer, 18(3), 1996, 56-65. [Reprinted in 'Mathematical Conversation: Selections from The Mathematical Intelligencer', Robin Williams and Jeremy Gray (eds.), 142-156, Springer-Verlag, 2001.]
  2. F. Z. Zhang, 'Quaternions and Matrices of Quaternions', Linear Algebra and its Applications, 251, January 1997, 21-57. [see p47]

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