Alternating Sign Matricesand Symmetry.ppt

Alternating Sign Matricesand Symmetry What to discuss… What are Alternating Sign Matrices? A counting problem How are they symmetric? Some faces of Alternating Sign Matrices Matrices Determinants A Matrix is a rectangular array of numbers. An example of a 3-by-3 matrix: Matrices Determinants The determinant of a square matrix is a number. The study of Matrices and Determinants has been traced back to the 2nd century BC. Question: How are determinants computed? Matrices Determinants Charles Dodgson (a.k.a. Lewis Carroll) developed a method for computing determinants called the method