Bug in Minor[ ]
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg6212] Bug in Minor[ ]
- From: Mario Sancho Graca <M.S.Graca at Warwick.ac.uk>
- Date: Thu, 27 Feb 1997 02:55:16 -0500
- Organization: University of Warwick
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
The output of Minor[A,k] computes the minors of A based on submatrices
of size k*k, but it seems that the ordering of the results is wrong.
Attached you will find a short notebook illustrating the output and
comparing with the basic formal definition of minors of a matrix.
--
Mario Sancho Graca
University of Warwick
Department of Engineering
Coventry CV4 7AL
United Kingdom
Email: M.S.Graca at Warwick.ac.uk
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