A New Parallel Algorithm For

Evaluating The Determinant of A Matrix

of Order n

H.Teimoori and M.Bayat

Islamic Azad university of Zanjan,Zanjan ,Iran
Institute for Advanced Studies in Basic Sciences,Zanjan,Iran
A.Amiri and E.Sarijloo
Iran university of Sience and Technology
Islamic Azad university of Zanjan,Zanjan ,Iran
 In This Paper ……..

• Present a New Recursive Idea for

Evaluation of Determinant of Order n
• Design a New Parallel Algorithm based on
New Method
• The efficiency of New Algorithm
• Pipeline and its effect on Algorithm
efficiency
 a New Recursive Idea for Evaluation of
Determinant of Order n
• This approach has been introduced for the
first time in [5,6]
• Before going through the details of methods
and proof we show how to use this new
approach to evaluate Determinant of matrix
of size 3*3 and 4*4
 Determinant of matrix of size 3*3 and
4*4 in new ……..

• Matrix of size 3*3

 Determinant of matrix of size 3*3 and
4*4 in new ……..Cont.
• Matrix of size 4*4
 General Theorem of New Approach

• Let M=[aij] be a square matrix of order

n,then:
 New Parallel Algorithm based on New
Method
• H.W:a n*n Mesh Architecture With
CREW Shared Memory
 New Parallel Algorithm ….Cont.

• In each step Pij must compute the following

task:
New Parallel Algorithm ….Cont.
 Analysis of Algorithm

• The algorithm has 3 loop:

1. A sequential loop with order of O(n)
2. Two parallel algorithm with order of O(1)
So the Time Complexity of New Algorithm is:
O(n)
For Pipeline approach the algorithm can reach
to O(n+k*k) efficiency
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