Timeline for Why were matrix determinants once such a big deal?
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| Aug 18, 2010 at 18:09 | comment | added | J. M. isn't a mathematician | On the other hand, determinants of structured matrices like Vandermonde or Hankel matrices seem to see a bit more use in practice. | |
| Aug 18, 2010 at 18:01 | comment | added | Jiahao Chen | This is the perspective that I am familiar with. I was wondering, though, if it was as simple as people having developed better computational algorithms. | |
| Aug 18, 2010 at 17:25 | history | answered | J. M. isn't a mathematician | CC BY-SA 2.5 |