Determinants of Block Tridiagonal Matrices
Mathematical Physics
2008-09-03 v3 math.MP
Numerical Analysis
Abstract
An identity is proven that evaluates the determinant of a block tridiagonal matrix with (or without) corners as the determinant of the associated transfer matrix (or a submatrix of it).
Cite
@article{arxiv.0712.0681,
title = {Determinants of Block Tridiagonal Matrices},
author = {Luca G. Molinari},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0712.0681},
year = {2008}
}
Comments
8 pages, final form. To appear on Linear Algebra and its Applications