For a 3 × 3 {\displaystyle {}3\times 3} -matrix M = ( a 11 a 12 a 13 a 21 a 22 a 23 a 31 a 32 a 33 ) {\displaystyle {}M={\begin{pmatrix}a_{11}&a_{12}&a_{13}\\a_{21}&a_{22}&a_{23}\\a_{31}&a_{32}&a_{33}\end{pmatrix}}} , we have
This is called the rule of Sarrus.