Proving the Complex Conjugate of a Matrix Determinant

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Kolahal Bhattacharya
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Homework Statement



show that det(A)=(detA)*= det(A$)
where * denotes complex conjugate and $ means transpose

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Please help me to start the problem.I am not getting a way.
 
You are posting problems faster than you are solving them. The first half of your equality is simply not true unless det(A) is real. Please reconsider.
 
The proof of det(A^T) = det(A) (at least the one I know about) is about using the definition of the determinant and the properties of permutations.

Further on, I'm not sure what you mean with det(A)=(detA)*.