Cauchy–Binet formula

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The Cauchy–Binet formula is a fundamental result in linear algebra that expresses the determinant of a product of two rectangular matrices as a sum of products of determinants of their square submatrices.

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instanceOf mathematical theorem
result in linear algebra
appearsIn advanced linear algebra textbooks
treatises on determinants
appliesTo m×n and n×m matrices with m≤n
rectangular matrices
consequence det(AB)=0 if all k×k minors of A or B vanish
describes determinant of a product of matrices
domain finite-dimensional vector spaces
expresses determinant of AB as sum over products of determinants of submatrices of A and B
field linear algebra
generalizationOf determinant multiplicativity for square matrices
hasAlternativeName Cauchy–Binet theorem NERFINISHED
hasFormulation coordinate formulation using minors
exterior algebra formulation using wedge products
historicalPeriod 19th-century mathematics
holdsFor matrices over a commutative ring
matrices over a field
implies Binet–Cauchy identity for 2×2 determinants as a special case
involvesOperation selection of k columns of first matrix
selection of k rows of second matrix
summation over all k-element index subsets
language symbolic matrix notation
mathematicalSubjectClassification 15A15
namedAfter Augustin-Louis Cauchy NERFINISHED
Jacques Philippe Marie Binet NERFINISHED
relatedTo Binet–Cauchy identity NERFINISHED
Jacobi’s formula for determinants NERFINISHED
Laplace expansion of determinants NERFINISHED
Sylvester’s determinant identity NERFINISHED
relatesConcept determinant
matrix product
minors of a matrix
square submatrices
subdeterminants
requiresCondition inner dimensions of matrices match
usedIn Grassmann algebra NERFINISHED
combinatorial matrix theory
exterior algebra
matrix analysis
multilinear algebra
numerical linear algebra
random matrix theory
theory of determinants
usedToProve Hadamard’s inequality in some settings NERFINISHED
inequalities for determinants
properties of rank of matrix products

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