%0 Journal Article %T A New Algorithm for the Determinant and the Inverse of Banded Matrices %A Mohamed Elouafi %A Driss Aiat Hadj Ahmed %J Open Access Library Journal %V 1 %N 3 %P 1-5 %@ 2333-9721 %D 2014 %I Open Access Library %R 10.4236/oalib.1100543 %X In the current article, the authors present a new recurrence formula for the determinant of a banded matrix. An algorithm for inverting general banded matrices is derived. %K Banded Matrices %K Determinants %U http://www.oalib.com/paper/3064406