Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2011
Department
Mathematics
Abstract
Here we examine Dodgson's Method, a fraction-free methods for computing determinants. In some cases, this method fails due to division by zero. We propose a workaround for Dodgson's Method that ensures it also can be used to compute the determinant of any integer matrix.
Recommended Citation
Leggett, Deanna and Perry, John, "Fraction-Free Computation of Determinants" (2011). Mathematics Student Presentations. 1.
https://aquila.usm.edu/math_student_presentations/1
Comments
This paper was awarded first prize in the graduate paper competition at that 2011 meeting of the Louisiana/Mississippi Section of the Mathematical Association of America.