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Without using Proposition 2.9, show that for any elementary matrix E...

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This is a proof regarding the determinant of an elementary matrix. The proposition of elementary matrices are examined.

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Proof:
We consider three types of elementary matrix.
We start from the identity matrix .
Type 1: is to interchange two rows of . Suppose it interchanges row i ...

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