Determinant of a matrix in Matlab
Determinant tells us values that are useful in systems of linear equations, it also helps us to find inverse of a matrix, also useful in calculus and more, this is calculated as :
(4 * 5) – (8 * 3)
Example
>> a = [4 3; 8 5] a = 4 3 8 5 >> det(a) ans = -4