An Elementary Proof of Dodgson's Condensation Method for Calculating Determinants · HackerPapers discussionshttps://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/1607.05352/Collected HN comments and submissions linking this paper.enMon, 02 Nov 2026 11:16:22 GMTAn Elementary Proof of Dodgson's Condensation Method for Calculating Determinants — mentioned by scythehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36736729urn:hackerpapers:mention:1607.05352:36736729Sat, 15 Jul 2023 13:49:33 GMT<p>Geometric intuition is going to be difficult, but I bet there&#x27;s a relatively elegant algebraic argument that uses some index-twiddling symmetries. There&#x27;s a one-page inductive proof (with four pages of introduction) on arXiv: https://arxiv.org/pdf/1607.05352.pdf</p><p><a href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/1607.05352/">Paper and discussion history</a>. A mention is not an endorsement.</p>math.HO