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then<br />

(b) State and prove a more general result for nth order determinants.<br />

Proof: Claim that if<br />

F x <br />

f 11 f 12 ... f<br />

1n<br />

Fx <br />

f 21 f 22 ... f 2n<br />

<br />

... ... ... ...<br />

f n1 f n2 ... f nn<br />

f 11 f 12 ... f 1n<br />

f 21 f 22 ... f 2n<br />

,<br />

... ... ... ...<br />

f n1 f n2 ... f nn<br />

f 11 f 12 ... f 1n<br />

f 21 f 22 ... f<br />

2n<br />

...<br />

... ... ... ...<br />

f n1 f n2 ... f nn<br />

f 11 f 12 ... f 1n<br />

f 21 f 22 ... f 2n<br />

... ... ... ...<br />

f<br />

n1<br />

f n2 ... f<br />

nn<br />

We prove it by Mahematial Induction. As n 2, it has proved in (a). Suppose that n k<br />

holds, consider n k 1,<br />

f k11 f k12 ... f k1k1<br />

<br />

f 11 f 12 ... f 1k1<br />

f 21 f 22 ... f 2k1<br />

... ... ... ...<br />

<br />

f 12 ... f 1k1<br />

f 11 ... f 1k<br />

1 k11 f k11 ... ... ... ..1 k1k1 f k1k1 ... ... ...<br />

f k2 ... f kk1 f k1 ... f kk<br />

. . . . (<strong>The</strong> reader can write it down by induction hypothesis).<br />

Hence, by Mathematical Induction, wehaveprovedit.<br />

Remark: <strong>The</strong> reader should keep it in mind since it is useful in Analysis. For example,<br />

we have the following <strong>The</strong>orem.<br />

(<strong>The</strong>orem) Suppose that f, g, andh are continuous on a, b, and differentiable on<br />

a, b. <strong>The</strong>n there is a a, b such that<br />

Proof: Let<br />

f g h <br />

fa ga ha<br />

fb gb hb<br />

Fx <br />

fx gx hx<br />

fa ga ha<br />

fb gb hb<br />

then it is clear that Fx is continuous on a, b and differentiable on a, b since the<br />

operations on determinant involving addition, substraction, and multiplication without<br />

division. Consider<br />

Fa Fb 0,<br />

then by Rolle’s <strong>The</strong>orem, we know that<br />

0.<br />

,<br />

.

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