How often do determinants over finite fi
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William C Waterhouse
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Article
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1987
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Elsevier Science
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English
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The true formula is given for the probability that an n x n matrix over a finite field has determinant zero. This probability does not (as previously asserted) approach 1 as n grows. A recent note in this journal [4] derived a formula for the probability that an n x n matrix over a finite field wit