# det

`import { det } from "destack:tensor";`

Return the determinant of a matrix.

```ds title="det"
export function det<T: Float>(matrix: Tensor<T, 2>, options?: TensorOutputOptions<T, 0> | undefined): Tensor<T, 0>
```

[language/library/src/tensor/linalg.ds:60:65](https://github.com/destack-sh/destack/blob/main/language/library/src/tensor/linalg.ds#L60-L65)