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Absolute / Determinant / Norm ( |..| )

Syntax

|A| or ||A||

Description

The upright stroke (|) is not a real operator. Depending on what's between the strokes, the following functions are applied:

 

| scalar | -> abs(scalar)

| matrix | -> det(matrix)

| vector | -> abs(vector)

|| matrix || -> norm(matrix)