Triangular Determinants Show that the determinant of an upper triangular matrix is the product of its diagonal

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Triangular Determinants Show that the determinant of an upper triangular matrix is the product of its diagonal elements. The diagonal matrix is a special case. The statement for a lower triangular matrix can be proved in a similar fashion. For each cofactor expansion. use the first column?
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Differential Equations and Linear Algebra

ISBN: 978-0131860612

2nd edition

Authors: Jerry Farlow, James E. Hall, Jean Marie McDill, Beverly H. West

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