This article is a technical one. The prerequisites for it are
- A familiarity with matrices and their determinants, as well as
- A familiarity with permutations, particularly the understanding that permutations are either "even" or "odd."
If one or both of these concepts are not familiar, don't fret, we'll be covering them eventually in the Coho Courses. In this case, feel free to bookmark this for later!
Otherwise, let's begin...