Answer:
- number of multiplies is n!
- n=10, 3.6 ms
- n=15, 21.8 min
- n=20, 77.09 yr
- n=25, 4.9×10^8 yr
Explanation:
Expansion of a 2×2 determinant requires 2 multiplications. Expansion of an n×n determinant multiplies each of the n elements of a row or column by its (n-1)×(n-1) cofactor determinant. Then the number of multiplies is ...
mpy[n] = n·mp[n-1]
mpy[2] = 2
So, ...
mpy[n] = n! . . . n ≥ 2
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If each multiplication takes 1 nanosecond, then a 10×10 matrix requires ...
10! × 10^-9 s ≈ 0.0036288 s ≈ 0.004 s . . . for 10×10
Then the larger matrices take ...
n=15, 15! × 10^-9 ≈ 1307.67 s ≈ 21.8 min
n=20, 20! × 10^-9 ≈ 2.4329×10^9 s ≈ 77.09 years
n=25, 25! × 10^-9 ≈ 1.55112×10^16 s ≈ 4.915×10^8 years
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For the shorter time periods (less than 100 years), we use 365.25 days per year.
For the longer time periods (more than 400 years), we use 365.2425 days per year.