# Capelli's identity

> English word · Proper noun

## Definitions
1. An analog of the formula det(AB) = det(A) det(B), for certain matrices with noncommuting entries, related to the representation theory of the Lie algebra glₙ. It can be used to relate an invariant ƒ to the invariant Ωƒ, where Ω is Cayley's Ω process.

## Etymology
Named after Alfredo Capelli (1887).

## Source
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