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Cramer's rule (Theorem)

Let $ Ax=b$ be the matrix form of a system of $ n$ linear equations in $ n$ unknowns, with $ x$ and $ b$ as $ n\times 1$ column vectors and $ A$ an $ n \times n$ matrix. If $ \det(A)\ne 0$, then this system has a unique solution, and for each $ i$ ( $ 1\le i \le n$) ,

$\displaystyle x_i = \frac{\det(M_i)}{\det(A)} $

where $ M_i$ is $ A$ with column $ i$ replaced by $ b$.



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AMS MSC15A15 (Linear and multilinear algebra; matrix theory :: Determinants, permanents, other special matrix functions)

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