@article{Babarinsa_Sofi_Mohd_Eluwole_Sunday_Adamu_Onojhojobi_Sheidu_Kehinde_Daniel_Dolapo_Edogbanya_Oyem_Adeniyi_Ezenweke_Umaru_Emmanuel_Bitrus_Cyril-Okeme,_Upahi_Akaligwo_Arinze_Barguma_Edibo_Atteh_Idoko_Opeyemi_Adesanmi_Ojo_Disu_Adeeko_Anukwu_Samson_Ogunleye_Koffa_James_Musa_Choji_Emeka_Umar_Hassan_Jaiyeoba_Aidara_Mamman_Manga_Sule_Uyimwen_Ahmed_Garba_Gbene_Jubri_Okeke_2022, title={NOTE ON THE HISTORY OF (SQUARE) MATRIX AND DETERMINANT}, volume={6}, url={https://fjs.fudutsinma.edu.ng/index.php/fjs/article/view/775}, DOI={10.33003/fjs-2022-0603-775}, abstractNote={<p>This paper reviews the theory of matrices and determinants. Matrix and determinant are nowadays considered inseparable to some extent, but the determinant was discovered over two centuries before the term matrix was coined. Our review associate determinant with the matrix as part of linear systems but not with polynomials. Thus, the paper first gives the background on matrix with vast applications in all fields of study and then reviews the history of determinants which is based on its major contributors in chronological order from the sixteenth century to the twenty-first century</p&gt;}, number={3}, journal={FUDMA JOURNAL OF SCIENCES}, author={Babarinsa, Olayiwola and SofiAzfi Zaidi Mohammad and MohdAsrul Hery and Eluwole, Akinola and Sunday, Imoni and Adamu Wakili and OnojhojobiBenson and Sheidu Momoh and KehindeRotimi and Daniel Lanlege and DolapoShobanke and EdogbanyaHelen Olaronke and Oyem Anselm and AdeniyiIsaac and EzenwekeChinenye and UmaruSani and Emmanuel Sabastine and BitrusKefas and Cyril-Okeme,Veronica and UpahiEunice and AkaligwoEmmanuel Akaligwo and Arinze Luke and BargumaSimon and EdiboFriday and AttehMayowa and IdokoAlloy and OpeyemiEnoch and Adesanmi Mogbademu and OjoOlaitan and DisuAkeem and Adeeko Tajudeen and Anukwu, Geraldine and Samson, Damilola and OgunleyeKunle and Koffa, Jude and James, ojonubah and Musa, Marut and ChojiNiri Martha and EmekaHelen Oluyemisi and Umar, Adamu and Hassan, Mansur and JaiyeobaOluwaseyi and Aidara, Shamsoudine and Mamman, Mamuda and Manga, Edna and Sule, Amiru and Uyimwen, Osagie and AhmedAbdullah-al-Musa and Garba, Zaku and Gbene, Zaato and Jubri, Sanusi and Okeke, Godwin}, year={2022}, month={Jul.}, pages={177 - 190} }