Fix rrule for complex-valued determinants (#601)

* Fix rrule for det of complex matrix * Add test of rules for complex determinant * `ΔΩ * inv(x)'` ⇒ `inv(x)' * dot(Ω, ΔΩ)` Co-authored-by: Seth Axen <[email protected]> * Use a random matrix as a seed for the unitary * Bump patch number * Use `U = exp(B - B')` as complex `det` test matrix Co-authored-by: Seth Axen <[email protected]> Co-authored-by: Seth Axen <[email protected]>
JuliaDiff · Mar 20, 2022 · f13e0a4 · f13e0a4 · sethaxen · Mar 20, 2022
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diff --git a/Project.toml b/Project.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 name = "ChainRules"
 uuid = "082447d4-558c-5d27-93f4-14fc19e9eca2"
-version = "1.28.0"
+version = "1.28.1"
 
 [deps]
 ChainRulesCore = "d360d2e6-b24c-11e9-a2a3-2a2ae2dbcce4"

diff --git a/src/rulesets/LinearAlgebra/dense.jl b/src/rulesets/LinearAlgebra/dense.jl
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ frule((_, Δx), ::typeof(det), x::Number) = (det(x), Δx)
 function rrule(::typeof(det), x::Union{Number, AbstractMatrix})
     Ω = det(x)
     function det_pullback(ΔΩ)
-        ∂x = x isa Number ? ΔΩ : Ω * ΔΩ * inv(x)'
+        ∂x = x isa Number ? ΔΩ : inv(x)' * dot(Ω, ΔΩ)
         return (NoTangent(), ∂x)
     end
     return Ω, det_pullback

diff --git a/test/rulesets/LinearAlgebra/dense.jl b/test/rulesets/LinearAlgebra/dense.jl
@@ -119,6 +119,12 @@
                 test_rrule(f, B)
             end
         end
+        @testset "$f(complex determinant)" begin
+            B = randn(ComplexF64, 4, 4)
+            U = exp(B - B')
+            test_frule(f, U)
+            test_rrule(f, U)
+        end
     end
     @testset "logabsdet(::Matrix{$T})" for T in (Float64, ComplexF64)
         B = randn(T, 4, 4)