https://arxiv.org/abs/2307.01912 (Doron Zeilberger et al.)
«In this case study, we hope to show why Sheldon Axler was not just wrong, but wrong, when he urged, in 1995: ”Down with Determinants!”. We first recall how determinants are useful in enumerative combinatorics, and then illustrate three versatile tools (Dodgson's condensation, the holonomic ansatz and constant term evaluations) to operate in tandem to prove a certain intriguing determinantal formula conjectured by the first author. (…)»
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Telegram Непрерывное математическое образование https://www.maa.org/sites/default/files/pdf/awards/Axler-Ford-1996.pdf при обсуждении книг напомнили про любопытную статью «Down With Determinants» (Sheldon Axler) This paper shows how linear algebra can be done better without determinants. The standard…