mx.symbol.linalg_det

Description

Compute the determinant of a matrix. Input is a tensor A of dimension n >= 2.

If n=2, A is a square matrix. We compute:

out = det(A)

If n>2, det is performed separately on the trailing two dimensions for all inputs (batch mode).

Note

The operator supports float32 and float64 data types only.

Note

There is no gradient backwarded when A is non-invertible (which is equivalent to det(A) = 0) because zero is rarely hit upon in float point computation and the Jacobi’s formula on determinant gradient is not computationally efficient when A is non-invertible.

Example:

Single matrix determinant
A = [[1., 4.], [2., 3.]]
det(A) = [-5.]

Batch matrix determinant
A = [[[1., 4.], [2., 3.]],
[[2., 3.], [1., 4.]]]
det(A) = [-5., 5.]

Usage

mx.symbol.linalg_det(...)

Arguments

Argument

Description

A

NDArray-or-Symbol.

Tensor of square matrix

name

string, optional.

Name of the resulting symbol.