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# scipy.linalg.det

`scipy.linalg.``det`(a, overwrite_a=False, check_finite=True)

  Compute the determinant of a matrix

  The determinant of a square matrix is a value derived arithmetically from the coefficients of the matrix.

  The determinant for a 3x3 matrix, for example, is computed as follows:

      a    b    c
      d    e    f = A
      g    h    i

      det(A) = a*e*i + b*f*g + c*d*h - c*e*g - b*d*i - a*f*h

  Parameters : | a : (M, M) array_like A square matrix. overwrite_a : bool Allow overwriting data in a (may enhance performance). check_finite : boolean, optional Whether to check the input matrixes contain only finite numbers. Disabling may give a performance gain, but may result to problems (crashes, non-termination) if the inputs do contain infinities or NaNs.
  Returns : | det : float or complex Determinant of a.

  Notes

  The determinant is computed via LU factorization, LAPACK routine z/dgetrf.

  Examples

      >>> a = np.array([[1,2,3],[4,5,6],[7,8,9]])
      >>> linalg.det(a)
      0.0
      >>> a = np.array([[0,2,3],[4,5,6],[7,8,9]])
      >>> linalg.det(a)
      3.0

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