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The value of the determinant \(\left| {\begin{array}{*{20}{c}} a&b \\ c&d \end{array}} \right|\) is defined to be ad − bc.
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© 1985 C.W. Celia, A.T.F. Nice and K.F. Elliott
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Celia, C.W., Nice, A.T.F., Elliott, K.F. (1985). Determinants and matrices. In: Plumpton, C. (eds) Advanced Mathematics 3. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-06711-4_13
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