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It may seem obvious that the determinant of a square matrix as a map is surjective (since there is always a choice of matrix entries that yields a real number). I can't prove this statement. Any clue please?






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It may seem obvious that the determinant of a square matrix as a map is surjective (since there is always a choice of matrix entries that yields a real number). I can't prove this statement. Any clue please?






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It may seem obvious that the determinant of a square matrix as a map is surjective (since there is always a choice of matrix entries that yields a real number). I can't prove this statement. Any clue please?






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It may seem obvious that the determinant of a square matrix as a map is surjective (since there is always a choice of matrix entries that yields a real number). I can't prove this statement. Any clue please?






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    Hint: use a diagonal matrix.
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    Hint: use a diagonal matrix.
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Hint: use a diagonal matrix.
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Hint: use a diagonal matrix.
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Take the identity matrix and change one of the values in the diagonal to be $x$. Then the determinant of the matrix will be $x$.






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    obivous, but took me a while to find the same answer by myself. thank you for the hint
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Given $rin Bbb R $, take the diagonal matrix
$begin{bmatrix}r&0&cdots & 0\
0&1&cdots & 0\
vdots&vdots&ddots&vdots\0 & 0 & cdots &1end{bmatrix} $.






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    Multiplying a row (or column) of a matrix by a constant results in multiplying the determinant by that constant. (The determinant is a $k$-multilinear function.)



    So, given $rinBbb R$, just take a matrix with nonzero determinant, $d$, and multiply a row by the constant $frac rd$, to get a matrix with determinant $r$.






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      Take the identity matrix and change one of the values in the diagonal to be $x$. Then the determinant of the matrix will be $x$.






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      Take the identity matrix and change one of the values in the diagonal to be $x$. Then the determinant of the matrix will be $x$.






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      Take the identity matrix and change one of the values in the diagonal to be $x$. Then the determinant of the matrix will be $x$.






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      Take the identity matrix and change one of the values in the diagonal to be $x$. Then the determinant of the matrix will be $x$.







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      Given $rin Bbb R $, take the diagonal matrix
      $begin{bmatrix}r&0&cdots & 0\
      0&1&cdots & 0\
      vdots&vdots&ddots&vdots\0 & 0 & cdots &1end{bmatrix} $      .






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        Given $rin Bbb R $, take the diagonal matrix
        $begin{bmatrix}r&0&cdots & 0\
        0&1&cdots & 0\
        vdots&vdots&ddots&vdots\0 & 0 & cdots &1end{bmatrix} $        .






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          Given $rin Bbb R $, take the diagonal matrix
          $begin{bmatrix}r&0&cdots & 0\
          0&1&cdots & 0\
          vdots&vdots&ddots&vdots\0 & 0 & cdots &1end{bmatrix} $          .






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          Hint:



          Given $rin Bbb R $, take the diagonal matrix
          $begin{bmatrix}r&0&cdots & 0\
          0&1&cdots & 0\
          vdots&vdots&ddots&vdots\0 & 0 & cdots &1end{bmatrix} $          .







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              Multiplying a row (or column) of a matrix by a constant results in multiplying the determinant by that constant. (The determinant is a $k$-multilinear function.)



              So, given $rinBbb R$, just take a matrix with nonzero determinant, $d$, and multiply a row by the constant $frac rd$, to get a matrix with determinant $r$.






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                Multiplying a row (or column) of a matrix by a constant results in multiplying the determinant by that constant. (The determinant is a $k$-multilinear function.)



                So, given $rinBbb R$, just take a matrix with nonzero determinant, $d$, and multiply a row by the constant $frac rd$, to get a matrix with determinant $r$.






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                  Multiplying a row (or column) of a matrix by a constant results in multiplying the determinant by that constant. (The determinant is a $k$-multilinear function.)



                  So, given $rinBbb R$, just take a matrix with nonzero determinant, $d$, and multiply a row by the constant $frac rd$, to get a matrix with determinant $r$.






                  share|cite|improve this answer









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                  Multiplying a row (or column) of a matrix by a constant results in multiplying the determinant by that constant. (The determinant is a $k$-multilinear function.)



                  So, given $rinBbb R$, just take a matrix with nonzero determinant, $d$, and multiply a row by the constant $frac rd$, to get a matrix with determinant $r$.







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