Important: The linalg package has been deprecated. Use the superseding packages, LinearAlgebra and VectorCalculus, instead.

- For information on migrating linalg code to the new packages, see examples/LinearAlgebraMigration.

The permanent of a matrix is computed in a way similar to the determinant. The permanent of an arbitrary 2x2 matrix, , is . To compute the permanent of larger matrices, minor expansion is used in the same manner as when computing determinants, only without alternating sign while expanding along a row or column.

The command with(linalg,permanent) allows the use of the abbreviated form of this command.