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Core Algorithms

Fast Determinant Computation for Integer Matrices 

Timings for computing determinants of integer matrices with entries between and . Experiment performed on an Intel quad-core i7 940 2.93 GHz 64-bit Windows Vista system with hyperthreading enabled, and for computations to finish in 1000s. The number at the bottom tells how many times faster Mathematica 8 is compared to Maple 14.