This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American I was enchanted with the words metonymy and ...

A determinant can be defined in various ways for a square matrix. One straightforward method involves using the elements of the first row and their corresponding minors. Start by multiplying the first ...

Dr. James McCaffrey of Microsoft Research presents a full-code, step-by-step tutorial on an implementation of the technique that emphasizes simplicity and ease-of-modification over robustness and ...