require 'matrix' describe :determinant, shared: true do it "returns the determinant of a square Matrix" do m = Matrix[ [7,6], [3,9] ] m.send(@method).should == 45 m = Matrix[ [9, 8], [6,5] ] m.send(@method).should == -3 m = Matrix[ [9,8,3], [4,20,5], [1,1,1] ] m.send(@method).should == 95 end it "returns the determinant of a single-element Matrix" do m = Matrix[ [2] ] m.send(@method).should == 2 end it "returns 1 for an empty Matrix" do m = Matrix[ ] m.send(@method).should == 1 end it "returns the determinant even for Matrices containing 0 as first entry" do Matrix[[0,1],[1,0]].send(@method).should == -1 end it "raises an error for rectangular matrices" do -> { Matrix[[1], [2], [3]].send(@method) }.should raise_error(Matrix::ErrDimensionMismatch) -> { Matrix.empty(3,0).send(@method) }.should raise_error(Matrix::ErrDimensionMismatch) end end