Abstract. A method is developed which permits integer-preserving elimination in systems of linear equations, AX = B, such that (a) the magnitudes of the coefficients in the transformed matrices are minimized, and (b) the computational efficiency is considerably increased in comparison with the corresponding ordinary (single-step) Gaussian elimination. The algorithms presented can also be used for the efficient evaluation of determinants and their leading minors. Explicit algorithms and flow charts are given for the two-step method. The method should also prove superior to the widely used fraction-producing Gaussian elimination when ,4 is nearly singular.

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