April 2025
Intermediate to advanced
616 pages
25h 43m
English
book
Pearson JEE Main Mathematics Vol 2 – 2026 | As Per NTA Syllabus | 2021 to 2025 Solved Previous Years’ Questions | 5000+ Topic-wise, Miscellaneous and Numerical–Based ... Papers on MyInsights | 2nd Edition
by Gavesh Bharadwaj
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12 Determinant
Historical Development
Development of determinants took place while mathematicians were trying to solve a system of simultaneous linear equations.
Mathematicians defined the symbol 
as determinant of order 2 and the four numbers arranged in row and column were called its elements. Its value was taken as a1b2 – a2b1 which the same as denominator.
This kind of definition helped then to state the solution of the simultaneous equation as,
VALUE OF A DETERMINANT
The value of determinant of a (1 × 1) or order 1 matrix [a] is defined ...
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