English Explanatory Dictionary

Laplace expansion

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An expression for the determinant |B| of an n × n matrix B that is a weighted sum of the determinants of n submatrices (or minors) of B, each of size (n − 1) × (n − 1).

Word forms

Laplace expansion Laplace expansions

Etymology

Named after Pierre-Simon Laplace.

Synonyms

cofactor expansion
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