Dodgson condensation: Lewis Carroll’s hand-friendly method for determinants
TL;DR Charles Dodgson (Lewis Carroll) devised a condensation procedure for computing determinants by repeatedly forming determinants of 2×2 blocks and…
How Charles Dodgson (Lewis Carroll) developed condensation for determinants
TL;DR In 1867 Charles Dodgson (better known as Lewis Carroll) described an iterative procedure for computing determinants now called Dodgson…
How Lewis Carroll computed determinants: Dodgson condensation explained
TL;DR Charles Dodgson (Lewis Carroll) devised a hand-friendly algorithm for determinants now called Dodgson condensation or the method of contractants.…