41CL Quiz: Determinant of 30x30 anti-Identity matrix

[J-F Garnier]

(05-20-2018 09:21 AM)Werner Wrote:  ...
for the 48G's (and successor's) approach to return an integer determinant for a matrix with integer coefficients ...

For me, this clearly illustrates the move from a calculator-for-enginners to a calculator-for-students (math oriented).

For an engineer, it doesn't matter so much that the determinant is exactly 0 or some 1e-12. Moreover, engineers usually deal with real, floating point numbers, rarely with pure integers.

J-F