package com.thealgorithms.maths; import java.util.*; /* * @author Ojasva Jain * Determinant of a Matrix Wikipedia link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Determinant */ public class DeterminantOfMatrix { // Determinant calculator //@return determinant of the input matrix static int determinant(int[][] a, int n) { int det = 0, sign = 1, p = 0, q = 0; if (n == 1) { det = a[0][0]; } else { int[][] b = new int[n - 1][n - 1]; for (int x = 0; x < n; x++) { p = 0; q = 0; for (int i = 1; i < n; i++) { for (int j = 0; j < n; j++) { if (j != x) { b[p][q++] = a[i][j]; if (q % (n - 1) == 0) { p++; q = 0; } } } } det = det + a[0][x] * determinant(b, n - 1) * sign; sign = -sign; } } return det; } // Driver Method public static void main(String[] args) { Scanner in = new Scanner(System.in); // Input Matrix System.out.println("Enter matrix size (Square matrix only)"); int n = in.nextInt(); System.out.println("Enter matrix"); int[][] a = new int[n][n]; for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) { for (int j = 0; j < n; j++) { a[i][j] = in.nextInt(); } } System.out.println(determinant(a, n)); in.close(); } }