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Consider the map φ :Mnxn (R) → R defined by φ(M) = det(M), where det(M) is...

Consider the map φ :Mnxn (R) → R defined by φ(M) = det(M), where det(M) is the determinant of the matrix M. Is φ a ring homomorphism? Prove or disprove.

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