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Linear AlgebraSuperchallengeDeterminants & Inverses

Determinants & Inverses · Superchallenge problem

Let CC be the 5×55\times5 matrix with 22 in every diagonal entry, 11 in positions (1,2),(2,3),(3,4),(4,5)(1,2), (2,3), (3,4), (4,5) and (5,1)(5,1), and 00 everywhere else. Compute det⁡C\det C.