Partial determinants of Kronecker products


Abstract in English

Let $det_2(A)$ be the block-wise determinant (partial determinant). We consider the condition for completing the determinant $det(det_2(A)) = det(A),$ and characterize the case for an arbitrary Kronecker product $A$ of matrices over an arbitrary field. Further insisting that $det_2(AB)=det_2(A)det_2(B)$, for Kronecker products $A$ and $B$, yields a multiplicative monoid of matrices. This leads to a determinant-root operation $text{Det}$ which satisfies $text{Det}(text{Det}_2(A)) = text{Det}(A)$ when $A$ is a Kronecker product of matrices for which $text{Det}$ is defined.

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