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How important are determinants in a first course on Linear Algebra.
In some books it is covered very early after an introduction to matrix algebra but in others it is left to the chpater before eigenvalues and eigenvectors. What is the most appropriate place to situate this topic considering students have never covered linear algebra before?
In some books it is covered very early after an introduction to matrix algebra but in others it is left to the chpater before eigenvalues and eigenvectors. What is the most appropriate place to situate this topic considering students have never covered linear algebra before?