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Determinant vs Unimodular - What's the difference?

determinant | unimodular |

As adjectives the difference between determinant and unimodular

is that determinant is determinant while unimodular is (mathematics|of a lattice or matrix) having a determinant of 1 or -1.

As a verb determinant

is .

As a noun determinant

is (label) determiner.

determinant

English

Noun

(wikipedia determinant) (en noun)
  • A determining factor; an element that determines the nature of something
  • (linear algebra) The unique scalar function over square matrices which is distributive over matrix multiplication, multilinear in the rows and columns, and takes the value of 1 for the unit matrix. Abbreviation: det
  • (biology) A substance that causes a cell to adopt a particular fate.

    • See also

    * permanent * singular * Mathworld article on determinants

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Serving to determine or limit; determinative.

    • Anagrams

    * ----

    unimodular

    English

    Adjective

    (-) (wikipedia unimodular)
  • (mathematics, of a lattice or matrix) Having a determinant of 1 or -1.

    • Antonyms

    * nonunimodular