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hyperdeˈterminant, n. and a. Math.
[See hyper- 3.]
a. n. A determinant of operative symbols; a symbolic expression for an invariant or covariant: invented by Cayley.
b. adj. Of the nature of a hyperdeterminant.
1845Cayley in Camb. Math. Jrnl. IV. 195 The function u whose properties we proceed to investigate may be conveniently named a ‘Hyperdeterminant’. a1846― in Camb. & Dublin Math. Jrnl. I. 104 The question may be proposed ‘To find all the derivatives of any number of functions, which have the property of preserving their form unaltered after any linear transformations of the variables’... I give the name of Hyperdeterminant Derivative, or simply of Hyperdeterminant, to those derivatives which have the property just enunciated. 1895Elliott Algebra Quantics 161 Hyperdeterminants form a complete system of co⁓variants. Ibid., The hyperdeterminant symbols. |