2×2 matrices: determinant and inverse

Change the four entries to see the determinant, the inverse and the eigenvalues.

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When does a matrix have no inverse?

When its determinant is zero. It is called singular.

What formula does it use?

det = ad − bc; inverse = (1/det) × [d, −b; −c, a].

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