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Numerical algorithms for problems in analysis and algebra, scientific computation

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Why were matrix determinants once such a big deal?

1) The Chern-Weil theory of characteristic classes is built upon determinants of functions of curvature forms of vector bundles. 2) Feynman path integrals require determinants (but typically in infini …
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