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det(\left(\begin{matrix}1&1&1\\1&1&-1\\1&-1&1\end{matrix}\right))
Find the determinant of the matrix using the method of diagonals.
\left(\begin{matrix}1&1&1&1&1\\1&1&-1&1&1\\1&-1&1&1&-1\end{matrix}\right)
Extend the original matrix by repeating the first two columns as the fourth and fifth columns.
1-1-1=-1
Starting at the upper left entry, multiply down along the diagonals, and add the resulting products.
1-\left(-1\right)+1=3
Starting at the lower left entry, multiply up along the diagonals, and add the resulting products.
-1-3
Subtract the sum of the upward diagonal products from the sum of the downward diagonal products.
-4
Subtract 3 from -1.
det(\left(\begin{matrix}1&1&1\\1&1&-1\\1&-1&1\end{matrix}\right))
Find the determinant of the matrix using the method of expansion by minors (also known as expansion by cofactors).
det(\left(\begin{matrix}1&-1\\-1&1\end{matrix}\right))-det(\left(\begin{matrix}1&-1\\1&1\end{matrix}\right))+det(\left(\begin{matrix}1&1\\1&-1\end{matrix}\right))
To expand by minors, multiply each element of the first row by its minor, which is the determinant of the 2\times 2 matrix created by deleting the row and column containing that element, then multiply by the element's position sign.
1-\left(-\left(-1\right)\right)-\left(1-\left(-1\right)\right)-1-1
For the 2\times 2 matrix \left(\begin{matrix}a&b\\c&d\end{matrix}\right), the determinant is ad-bc.
-2-2
Simplify.
-4
Add the terms to obtain the final result.