.shape
(3, 2, 2)
>>> sign, logabsdet = np.linalg.slogdet(a)
>>> (sign, logabsdet)
(array([-1., -1., -1.]), array([ 0.69314718,  1.09861229,  2.07944154]))
>>> sign * np.exp(logabsdet)
array([-2., -3., -8.])

This routine succeeds where ordinary `det` does not:

>>> np.linalg.det(np.eye(500) * 0.1)
0.0
>>> np.linalg.slogdet(np.eye(500) * 0.1)
(1, -1151.2925464970228)

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