Find 4-D Volume of R^7 Vector in R^7

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The discussion focuses on calculating the 4-dimensional volume of a vector space in R^7 defined by the linear combination of four vectors: v' = (1,1,0,1,0,0,1)^T, v'' = (1,0,0,1,1,0,0)^T, v''' = (0,0,1,1,1,0,0)^T, and v'''' = (0,0,0,0,1,1,1)^T. The user attempted to find this volume by calculating the determinant of a matrix formed by these vectors but encountered difficulties. The correct approach involves ensuring the vectors are linearly independent and properly setting up the matrix for determinant calculation.

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I have to find the 4-dimensional volume of {s'v' + s''v'' + s'''v''' +s''''v'''': 0<= s',s'',s''',s'''' <=1 }

in R^7, where v' = (1,1,0,1,0,0,1)^T,
v''=(1,0,0,1,1,0,0)^T
v'''=(0,0,1,1,1,0,0)^T
v''''=(0,0,0,0,1,1,1)^T


So I decided to try and take the determinant of the matrix which holds these vectors, by expanding along the 1st row consisting of elementary coordinates.

| e1 e2 e3 e4 e5 e6 e7 |
| 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 |
| 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 |
| 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 |
| 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 |


But, ummm... as you might already know, it doesn't work out. What do I do?
 
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clarifying, all the s,v are scalars, vectors respecively...by "^T", i just meant to write transpose...
 

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