$\begin{vmatrix} 17&-12&4&0\\ 5&9&-2&1\\ 3&-6&-1&14\\ 11&7&0&8\\ \end{vmatrix}$
How would one express the preceding determinant in the Wolfram Alpha™ environment?
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$\begingroup$See for various different ways of doing it.
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