Theory and applications of compound matrices

If A is an n-square matrix, the p-th compound of A is a matrix whose entries are the p-th order minors of A arranged in a doubly lexicographic order . In this thesis some of the theory of compound matrices is given, including a short proof of the Sylvester-Franke theorem. This theory is used to obta...

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Main Author: Thompson, Robert Charles
Language:English
Published: University of British Columbia 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/40586