the value of the determinant
`|{:((a_(1)-b_(1))^(2),,(a_(1)-b_(2))^(2),,(a_(1)-b_(3))^(2),,(a_(1)-b_(4))^(2)),((a_(2)-b_(1))^(2),,(a_(2)-b_(2))^(2) ,,(a_(2)-b_(3))^(2),,(a_(3)-b_(4))^(2)),((a_(3)-b_(1))^(2),,(a_(3)-b_(2))^(2),,(a_(3)-b_(3))^(2),,(a_(3)-b_(4))^(2)),((a_(4)-b_(1))^(2),,(a_(4)-b_(2))^(2),,(a_(4)-b_(3))^(2),,(a_(4)-b_(4))^(2)):}|` is

the value of the determinant |{:((a_(1)-b_(1))^(2),,(a_(1)-b_(2))^(2),,(a_(1)-b_(3))^(2),,(a_(1)-b_(4))^(2)),((a_(2)-b_(1))^(2),,(a_(2)-b_(2))^(2) ,,(a_(2)-b_(3))^(2),,(a_(2)-b_(4))^(2)),((a_(3)-b_(1))^(2),,(a_(3)-b_(2))^(2),,(a_(3)-b_(3))^(2),,(a_(3)-b_(4))^(2)),((a_(4)-b_(1))^(2),,(a_(4)-b_(2))^(2),,(a_(4)-b_(3))^(2),,(a_(4)-b_(4))^(2)):}| is

Find the coefficient of x in the determinant |{:((1+x)^(a_(1)b_(1)),(1+x)^(a_(1)b_(2)),(1+x)^(a_(1)b_(3))),((1+x)^(a_(2)b_(1)),(1+x)^(a_(2)b_(2)),(1+x)^(a_(2)b_(3))),((1+x)^(a_(3)b_(1)),(1+x)^(a_(3)b_(2)),(1+x)^(a_(3)b_(3))):}|

Show that if x_(1),x_(2),x_(3) ne 0 |{:(x_(1) +a_(1)b_(1),,a_(1)b_(2),,a_(1)b_(3)),(a_(2)b_(1),,x_(2)+a_(2)b_(2),,a_(2)b_(3)),(a_(3)b_(1),,a_(3)b_(2),,x_(3)+a_(3)b_(3)):}| =x_(1)x_(2)x_(3) (1+(a_(1)b_(1))/(x_(1))+(a_(2)b_(2))/(x_(2))+(a_(3)b_(3))/(x_(3)))

The determinant |(b_(1)+c_(1),c_(1)+a_(1),a_(1)+b_(1)),(b_(2)+c_(2),c_(2)+a_(2),a_(2)+b_(2)),(b_(3)+c_(3),c_(3)+a_(3),a_(3)+b_(3))|

The value of the determinant Delta = |(1 + a_(1) b_(1),1 + a_(1) b_(2),1 + a_(1) b_(3)),(1 + a_(2) b_(1),1 + a_(2) b_(2),1 + a_(2) b_(3)),(1 + a_(3) b_(1) ,1 + a_(3) b_(2),1 + a_(3) b_(3))| , is

The value of the determinant Delta = |((1 - a_(1)^(3) b_(1)^(3))/(1 - a_(1) b_(1)),(1 - a_(1)^(3) b_(2)^(3))/(1 - a_(1) b_(2)),(1 - a_(1)^(3) b_(3)^(3))/(1 - a_(1) b_(3))),((1 - a_(2)^(3) b_(1)^(3))/(1 - a_(2) b_(1)),(1 - a_(2)^(3) b_(2)^(3))/(1 - a_(2) b_(2)),(1 - a_(2)^(3) b_(3)^(3))/(1 - a_(2) b_(3))),((1 - a_(3)^(3) b_(1)^(3))/(1 - a_(3) b_(1)),(1 - a_(3)^(3) b_(2)^(3))/(1 - a_(3) b_(2)),(1 - a_(3)^(3) b_(3)^(3))/(1 - a_(3) b_(3)))| , is

Suppose a_(1),a_(2),a_(3) are in A.P. and b_(1),b_(2),b_(3) are in H.P. and let Delta=|(a_(1)-b_(1),a_(1)-b_(2),a_(1)-b_(3)),(a_(2)-b_(1),a_(2)-b_(2),a_(2)-b_(3)),(a_(3)-b_(1),a_(3)-b_(2),a_(3)-b_(3))| then prove that

Prove that the value of the following determinant is zero: |{:(a_(1),,la_(1)+mb_(1),,b_(1)),(a_(2),,la_(2)+mb_(2),,b_(2)),( a_(3),,la_(3)+mb_(3),,b_(3)):}|

The value of |(a_(1) x_(1) + b_(1) y_(1),a_(1) x_(2) + b_(1) y_(2),a_(1) x_(3) + b_(1) y_(3)),(a_(2) x_(1) +b_(2) y_(1),a_(2) x_(2) + b_(2) y_(2),a_(2) x_(3) + b_(2) y_(3)),(a_(3) x_(1) + b_(3) y_(1),a_(3) x_(2) + b_(3) y_(2),a_(3) x_(3) + b_(3) y_(3))| , is

if w is a complex cube root to unity then value of Delta =|{:(a_(1)+b_(1)w,,a_(1)w^(2)+b_(1),,c_(1)+b_(1)bar(w)),(a_(2)+b_(2)w,,a_(2)w^(2)+b_(2),,c_(2)+b_(2)bar(w)),(a_(3)+b_(3)w,,a_(3)w^(2)+b_(3),,c_(3)+b_(3)bar(w)):}| is