clc syms x1 x2 x3 y1=(x2*x3)/x1 y2=(x3*x1)/x2 y3=(x1*x2)/x3 a=diff(y1,x1) b=diff(y1,x2) c=diff(y1,x3) d=diff(y2,x1) e=diff(y2,x2) f=diff(y2,x3) g=diff(y3,x1) h=diff(y3,x2) i=diff(y3,x3) A=[a b c;d e f;g h i] det(A)