Sarrus rules and dihedral groups
Combinatorics
2018-09-27 v2
Abstract
This paper is devoted to the analysis of a false generalization of the rule of Sarrus and its properties that can be derived with the help of dihedral groups. Further, we discuss a Sarrus-like scheme that could be helpful for students to memorize the calculation of a determinant.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1809.08948,
title = {Sarrus rules and dihedral groups},
author = {Dirk A. Lorenz and Karl-Joachim Wirths},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1809.08948},
year = {2018}
}
Comments
To appear in "The College Mathematics Journal"