 Determinant is not additive (source code)

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= Determinant is not additive
{title2=$\det(A+B)\ne\det A+\det B$}

For $A=B=I_2$, $\det(A+B)=\det(2I_2)=4$, while $\det A+\det B=2$. The <determinant> is multilinear in its separate columns, rather than a linear function of the matrix as a whole. Expanding the columns of a sum introduces mixed terms that the proposed additive identity omits.

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