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Are there good ways of relating a minor to the full determinant?
Say $A$ is a $(n-1)\times (n-1)$ matrix and we augment it by a $n^{th}$ row and a column and get a $n \times n$ matrix $B$. Is there a nice way to relate $det(B)$ and $det(A)$ and the added row and ...
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Testing for equal characteristic polynomials using a single determinant calculation
Let $A_1,A_2$ be $n\times n$ symmetric matrices over $\{0,1\}$, and let $p_1, p_2$ be their respective characteristic polynomials over the rationals.
If $p_1 \ne p_2$, then there is some positive ...
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Is there a way to simplify this apparently huge characteristic polynomial calculation?
Say I am given the $0/1$ adjacency matrix of an undirected graph. Also I am given a representation $\rho$ of some group $G$ and an orientation has been arbitrarily chosen along each edge. Let $E^{...