det F
The determinant of F is the $n$-th exterior power of F, where $n$ is the rank of F.
i1 : X = abstractProjectiveSpace 1 o1 = X o1 : a flag bundle with subquotient ranks {2:1}
i2 : F = OO_X(1) ++ OO_X(1) ++ OO_X(3) o2 = F o2 : an abstract sheaf of rank 3 on X
i3 : det F o3 = a sheaf o3 : an abstract sheaf of rank 1 on X
i4 : chern oo o4 = 1 + 5H 2,1 QQ[][h, H ] 2,1 o4 : --------------------- (- h - H , -h*H ) 2,1 2,1
i5 : rank ooo o5 = 1