[Numpy-discussion] determinant of a scalar not handled

[Skipper Seabold]

Right now np.linalg.det does not handle scalars or 1d (scalar) arrays.
 It first tests that an array is 2d, then if it is square.  This seems
redundant to me.

This currently works

In [20]: np.linalg.det([[1]])
Out[20]: 1.0

but

In [21]: np.linalg.det([1])
<snip>
LinAlgError: 1-dimensional array given. Array must be
two-dimensional

The diff attached to this ticket
<http://projects.scipy.org/numpy/ticket/1556> gives

In [3]: np.linalg.det([[1]])
Out[3]: 1.0

In [4]: np.linalg.det([1])
Out[4]: 1.0

In [5]: np.linalg.det(1)
Out[5]: 1.0

Skipper