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Proof of Cramer's rule with Dirac Delta Function

General Mathematics 2020-12-16 v2

Abstract

We present a new proof of Cramer's rule by interpreting a system of linear equations as a transformation of nn-dimensional Cartesian-coordinate vectors. To find the solution, we carry out the inverse transformation by convolving the original coordinate vector with Dirac delta functions and changing integration variables from the original coordinates to new coordinates. As a byproduct, we derive a generalized version of Cramer's rule that applies to a partial set of variables, which is new to our best knowledge. Our formulation of finding a transformation rule for multi-variable functions shall be particularly useful in changing a partial set of generalized coordinates of a mechanical system.

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@article{arxiv.2006.01609,
  title  = {Proof of Cramer's rule with Dirac Delta Function},
  author = {June-Haak Ee and Jungil Lee and Chaehyun Yu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2006.01609},
  year   = {2020}
}

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7 pages, 1 figure, version published in Eur. J. Phys

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