pivotal condensation
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pivotal condensation
(¦piv·əd·əl ′kän·dən′sā·shən)
(mathematics) A method of evaluating a determinant that is convenient for determinants of large order, especially when digital computers are used, involving a repeated process in which a determinant of order n is reduced to the product of one of its elements raised to a power and a determinant of order n - 1.
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