title: How to find determinant of large matrix
body: <p>I found some C++ code for finding the determinant of matrix, for 4x4 to 8x8. It works ok, but my project needs matrices that are 18x18 or more, and the code is too slow. The code is recursive, but is recursion the right concept to deal with an 18x18 matrix? How else can I find the determinant?</p>