Bourbaki

Proposition 14

Tag 064R, permanent. Cite it as [Bourbaki, Tag 064R].

Algebra, chapter III, § 8. Determinants

For a homogeneous linear system of nn equations in nn unknowns over a commutative ring to admit a non-zero solution, it is necessary and sufficient that the determinant of its matrix be a divisor of zero.

Bourbaki puts the proof directly after the statement, so what is above is the statement and its proof together.

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Transcribed from the printed edition, 1998, Springer. Not translated.