diff --git a/RealRooted.lean b/RealRooted.lean
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--- a/RealRooted.lean
+++ b/RealRooted.lean
@@ -240,6 +240,7 @@ import RealRooted.Mathlib.Data.Nat.Cast.Basic
 import RealRooted.Mathlib.Data.Nat.Choose.Cast
 import RealRooted.Mathlib.LinearAlgebra.Matrix.Compound
 import RealRooted.Mathlib.LinearAlgebra.Matrix.CompoundSpectrum
+import RealRooted.Mathlib.LinearAlgebra.Matrix.Determinant.BandedHessenberg
 import RealRooted.Mathlib.LinearAlgebra.Matrix.Determinant.Basic
 import RealRooted.Mathlib.LinearAlgebra.Matrix.Determinant.CauchyBinet
 import RealRooted.Mathlib.LinearAlgebra.Matrix.Determinant.Integral
diff --git a/RealRooted/Mathlib/LinearAlgebra/Matrix/Determinant/BandedHessenberg.lean b/RealRooted/Mathlib/LinearAlgebra/Matrix/Determinant/BandedHessenberg.lean
new file mode 100644
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/RealRooted/Mathlib/LinearAlgebra/Matrix/Determinant/BandedHessenberg.lean
@@ -0,0 +1,286 @@
+module
+
+public import RealRooted.Mathlib.LinearAlgebra.Matrix.Determinant.Basic
+import Mathlib.Tactic
+
+public section
+
+open Finset
+
+namespace Matrix
+
+noncomputable section
+
+/-!
+# Determinants of banded lower-Hessenberg matrices
+
+This file gives the determinant recurrence for a lower-Hessenberg matrix with
+a variable diagonal, a fixed first superdiagonal, and two varying lower bands.
+-/
+
+/-- A lower-Hessenberg matrix with a variable diagonal, a fixed first
+superdiagonal, and two varying lower bands. -/
+@[expose]
+def bandedLowerHessenberg {R : Type*} [CommRing R]
+    (d a b : ℕ → R) (x : R) (n : ℕ) : Matrix (Fin n) (Fin n) R :=
+  Matrix.of fun i j =>
+    if i.val = j.val then d i.val
+    else if j.val = i.val + 1 then x
+    else if i.val = j.val + 1 then a i.val
+    else if i.val = j.val + 2 then b i.val
+    else 0
+
+@[simp] lemma bandedLowerHessenberg_apply {R : Type*} [CommRing R]
+    (d a b : ℕ → R) (x : R) (n : ℕ) (i j : Fin n) :
+    bandedLowerHessenberg d a b x n i j =
+      if i.val = j.val then d i.val
+      else if j.val = i.val + 1 then x
+      else if i.val = j.val + 1 then a i.val
+      else if i.val = j.val + 2 then b i.val
+      else 0 :=
+  rfl
+
+private theorem det_eq_last_apply_mul_det_castSucc_of_above_eq_zero
+    {R : Type*} [CommRing R] {n : ℕ}
+    (A : Matrix (Fin (n + 1)) (Fin (n + 1)) R)
+    (hzero : ∀ i : Fin n, A i.castSucc (Fin.last n) = 0) :
+    A.det = A (Fin.last n) (Fin.last n) *
+      (A.submatrix Fin.castSucc Fin.castSucc).det := by
+  have hdet := Matrix.det_succ_column A (Fin.last n)
+  rw [Fin.sum_univ_succAbove _ (Fin.last n)] at hdet
+  simp only [Fin.succAbove_last] at hdet
+  have hsum :
+      (∑ i : Fin n,
+        (-1 : R) ^ ((i.castSucc : Fin (n + 1)) + (Fin.last n : ℕ)) *
+          A i.castSucc (Fin.last n) *
+            (A.submatrix i.castSucc.succAbove Fin.castSucc).det) = 0 := by
+    apply Finset.sum_eq_zero
+    intro i hi
+    rw [hzero i]
+    ring
+  rw [hsum, add_zero] at hdet
+  have heven :
+      (-1 : R) ^ ((Fin.last n : ℕ) + (Fin.last n : ℕ)) = 1 := by
+    rw [show (Fin.last n : ℕ) + (Fin.last n : ℕ) = n + n by simp,
+      ← two_mul n, pow_mul]
+    simp
+  rw [heven, one_mul] at hdet
+  exact hdet
+
+private def bandedLowerHessenbergPenultimateCofactor
+    {R : Type*} [CommRing R] (d a b : ℕ → R) (x : R) (n : ℕ) :
+    Matrix (Fin (n + 2)) (Fin (n + 2)) R :=
+  (bandedLowerHessenberg d a b x (n + 3)).submatrix Fin.castSucc
+    (Fin.last (n + 1)).castSucc.succAbove
+
+private lemma bandedLowerHessenbergPenultimateCofactor_lastColumn
+    {R : Type*} [CommRing R] (d a b : ℕ → R) (x : R) (n : ℕ)
+    (i : Fin (n + 2)) :
+    bandedLowerHessenbergPenultimateCofactor d a b x n i
+        (Fin.last (n + 1)) =
+      if i = Fin.last (n + 1) then x else 0 := by
+  simp only [bandedLowerHessenbergPenultimateCofactor, Matrix.submatrix_apply,
+    bandedLowerHessenberg_apply, Fin.val_castSucc]
+  by_cases hi : i = Fin.last (n + 1)
+  · subst i
+    simp
+  · have hval : i.val ≠ n + 1 := fun h => hi (Fin.ext (by simpa using h))
+    have hil : i.val < n + 1 := by
+      have := i.isLt
+      lia
+    simp [hi]
+    lia
+
+private lemma bandedLowerHessenbergPenultimateCofactor_castSucc
+    {R : Type*} [CommRing R] (d a b : ℕ → R) (x : R) (n : ℕ) :
+    (bandedLowerHessenbergPenultimateCofactor d a b x n).submatrix
+        Fin.castSucc Fin.castSucc =
+      bandedLowerHessenberg d a b x (n + 1) := by
+  ext i j
+  simp [bandedLowerHessenbergPenultimateCofactor, bandedLowerHessenberg,
+    Matrix.submatrix]
+
+private lemma bandedLowerHessenbergPenultimateCofactor_det
+    {R : Type*} [CommRing R] (d a b : ℕ → R) (x : R) (n : ℕ) :
+    (bandedLowerHessenbergPenultimateCofactor d a b x n).det =
+      x * (bandedLowerHessenberg d a b x (n + 1)).det := by
+  rw [det_eq_last_apply_mul_det_castSucc_of_above_eq_zero]
+  · rw [bandedLowerHessenbergPenultimateCofactor_castSucc]
+    simp [bandedLowerHessenbergPenultimateCofactor_lastColumn]
+  · intro i
+    rw [bandedLowerHessenbergPenultimateCofactor_lastColumn]
+    simp
+
+private def bandedLowerHessenbergAntepenultimateCofactor
+    {R : Type*} [CommRing R] (d a b : ℕ → R) (x : R) (n : ℕ) :
+    Matrix (Fin (n + 2)) (Fin (n + 2)) R :=
+  (bandedLowerHessenberg d a b x (n + 3)).submatrix Fin.castSucc
+    (Fin.last n).castSucc.castSucc.succAbove
+
+private lemma bandedLowerHessenbergAntepenultimateCofactor_lastColumn
+    {R : Type*} [CommRing R] (d a b : ℕ → R) (x : R) (n : ℕ)
+    (i : Fin (n + 2)) :
+    bandedLowerHessenbergAntepenultimateCofactor d a b x n i
+        (Fin.last (n + 1)) =
+      if i = Fin.last (n + 1) then x else 0 := by
+  simp only [bandedLowerHessenbergAntepenultimateCofactor,
+    Matrix.submatrix_apply, bandedLowerHessenberg_apply, Fin.val_castSucc]
+  by_cases hi : i = Fin.last (n + 1)
+  · subst i
+    simp
+  · have hval : i.val ≠ n + 1 := fun h => hi (Fin.ext (by simpa using h))
+    have hil : i.val < n + 1 := by
+      have := i.isLt
+      lia
+    simp [hi]
+    lia
+
+private def bandedLowerHessenbergAntepenultimateInnerCofactor
+    {R : Type*} [CommRing R] (d a b : ℕ → R) (x : R) (n : ℕ) :
+    Matrix (Fin (n + 1)) (Fin (n + 1)) R :=
+  (bandedLowerHessenbergAntepenultimateCofactor d a b x n).submatrix
+    Fin.castSucc Fin.castSucc
+
+private lemma bandedLowerHessenbergAntepenultimateInnerCofactor_lastColumn
+    {R : Type*} [CommRing R] (d a b : ℕ → R) (x : R) (n : ℕ)
+    (i : Fin (n + 1)) :
+    bandedLowerHessenbergAntepenultimateInnerCofactor d a b x n i
+        (Fin.last n) =
+      if i = Fin.last n then x else 0 := by
+  simp only [bandedLowerHessenbergAntepenultimateInnerCofactor,
+    bandedLowerHessenbergAntepenultimateCofactor, Matrix.submatrix_apply,
+    bandedLowerHessenberg_apply, Fin.val_castSucc]
+  by_cases hi : i = Fin.last n
+  · subst i
+    simp
+  · have hval : i.val ≠ n := fun h => hi (Fin.ext (by simpa using h))
+    have hil : i.val < n := by
+      have := i.isLt
+      lia
+    simp [hi]
+    lia
+
+private lemma bandedLowerHessenbergAntepenultimateInnerCofactor_castSucc
+    {R : Type*} [CommRing R] (d a b : ℕ → R) (x : R) (n : ℕ) :
+    (bandedLowerHessenbergAntepenultimateInnerCofactor d a b x n).submatrix
+        Fin.castSucc Fin.castSucc =
+      bandedLowerHessenberg d a b x n := by
+  ext i j
+  simp [bandedLowerHessenbergAntepenultimateInnerCofactor,
+    bandedLowerHessenbergAntepenultimateCofactor, bandedLowerHessenberg,
+    Matrix.submatrix]
+
+private lemma bandedLowerHessenbergAntepenultimateInnerCofactor_det
+    {R : Type*} [CommRing R] (d a b : ℕ → R) (x : R) (n : ℕ) :
+    (bandedLowerHessenbergAntepenultimateInnerCofactor d a b x n).det =
+      x * (bandedLowerHessenberg d a b x n).det := by
+  rw [det_eq_last_apply_mul_det_castSucc_of_above_eq_zero]
+  · rw [bandedLowerHessenbergAntepenultimateInnerCofactor_castSucc]
+    simp [bandedLowerHessenbergAntepenultimateInnerCofactor_lastColumn]
+  · intro i
+    rw [bandedLowerHessenbergAntepenultimateInnerCofactor_lastColumn]
+    simp
+
+private lemma bandedLowerHessenbergAntepenultimateCofactor_det
+    {R : Type*} [CommRing R] (d a b : ℕ → R) (x : R) (n : ℕ) :
+    (bandedLowerHessenbergAntepenultimateCofactor d a b x n).det =
+      x ^ 2 * (bandedLowerHessenberg d a b x n).det := by
+  rw [det_eq_last_apply_mul_det_castSucc_of_above_eq_zero]
+  · rw [bandedLowerHessenbergAntepenultimateCofactor_lastColumn]
+    simp only [if_pos]
+    change x *
+      (bandedLowerHessenbergAntepenultimateInnerCofactor d a b x n).det = _
+    rw [bandedLowerHessenbergAntepenultimateInnerCofactor_det]
+    ring
+  · intro i
+    rw [bandedLowerHessenbergAntepenultimateCofactor_lastColumn]
+    simp
+
+/-- The determinants of variable-diagonal lower-Hessenberg sections satisfy
+the recurrence obtained by expanding the final row. -/
+theorem det_bandedLowerHessenberg_add_three {R : Type*} [CommRing R]
+    (d a b : ℕ → R) (x : R) (n : ℕ) :
+    (bandedLowerHessenberg d a b x (n + 3)).det =
+      d (n + 2) * (bandedLowerHessenberg d a b x (n + 2)).det -
+        a (n + 2) * x * (bandedLowerHessenberg d a b x (n + 1)).det +
+          b (n + 2) * x ^ 2 * (bandedLowerHessenberg d a b x n).det := by
+  have hdet := Matrix.det_succ_row
+    (bandedLowerHessenberg d a b x (n + 3)) (Fin.last (n + 2))
+  rw [Fin.sum_univ_succAbove _ (Fin.last (n + 2))] at hdet
+  simp only [Fin.succAbove_last] at hdet
+  rw [Fin.sum_univ_castSucc, Fin.sum_univ_castSucc] at hdet
+  have hzero :
+      (∑ i : Fin n,
+        (-1 : R) ^ ((Fin.last (n + 2) : ℕ) +
+            (i.castSucc.castSucc.castSucc : ℕ)) *
+          bandedLowerHessenberg d a b x (n + 3) (Fin.last (n + 2))
+            i.castSucc.castSucc.castSucc *
+          ((bandedLowerHessenberg d a b x (n + 3)).submatrix Fin.castSucc
+            i.castSucc.castSucc.castSucc.succAbove).det) = 0 := by
+    apply Finset.sum_eq_zero
+    intro i hi
+    have hil := i.isLt
+    rw [show bandedLowerHessenberg d a b x (n + 3) (Fin.last (n + 2))
+        i.castSucc.castSucc.castSucc = 0 by
+      simp [bandedLowerHessenberg]
+      lia]
+    ring
+  rw [hzero, zero_add] at hdet
+  have hsignLast :
+      (-1 : R) ^ ((Fin.last (n + 2) : ℕ) +
+        (Fin.last (n + 2) : ℕ)) = 1 := by
+    rw [show (Fin.last (n + 2) : ℕ) + (Fin.last (n + 2) : ℕ) =
+        2 * (n + 2) by simp [two_mul], pow_mul]
+    simp
+  have hsignAnte :
+      (-1 : R) ^ ((Fin.last (n + 2) : ℕ) +
+        ((Fin.last n).castSucc.castSucc : ℕ)) = 1 := by
+    rw [show (Fin.last (n + 2) : ℕ) +
+        ((Fin.last n).castSucc.castSucc : ℕ) =
+          2 * (n + 1) by simp [two_mul]; lia, pow_mul]
+    simp
+  have hsignPen :
+      (-1 : R) ^ ((Fin.last (n + 2) : ℕ) +
+        ((Fin.last (n + 1)).castSucc : ℕ)) = -1 := by
+    rw [show (Fin.last (n + 2) : ℕ) +
+        ((Fin.last (n + 1)).castSucc : ℕ) =
+          2 * (n + 1) + 1 by simp [two_mul]; lia, pow_succ, pow_mul]
+    simp
+  have hentryLast :
+      bandedLowerHessenberg d a b x (n + 3) (Fin.last (n + 2))
+        (Fin.last (n + 2)) = d (n + 2) := by
+    simp [bandedLowerHessenberg]
+  have hentryAnte :
+      bandedLowerHessenberg d a b x (n + 3) (Fin.last (n + 2))
+        (Fin.last n).castSucc.castSucc = b (n + 2) := by
+    simp [bandedLowerHessenberg]
+    lia
+  have hentryPen :
+      bandedLowerHessenberg d a b x (n + 3) (Fin.last (n + 2))
+        (Fin.last (n + 1)).castSucc = a (n + 2) := by
+    simp [bandedLowerHessenberg]
+  have hcofactorLast :
+      ((bandedLowerHessenberg d a b x (n + 3)).submatrix
+        Fin.castSucc Fin.castSucc).det =
+          (bandedLowerHessenberg d a b x (n + 2)).det := by
+    congr 1
+  have hcofactorAnte :
+      ((bandedLowerHessenberg d a b x (n + 3)).submatrix Fin.castSucc
+        (Fin.last n).castSucc.castSucc.succAbove).det =
+          x ^ 2 * (bandedLowerHessenberg d a b x n).det := by
+    change (bandedLowerHessenbergAntepenultimateCofactor d a b x n).det = _
+    exact bandedLowerHessenbergAntepenultimateCofactor_det d a b x n
+  have hcofactorPen :
+      ((bandedLowerHessenberg d a b x (n + 3)).submatrix Fin.castSucc
+        (Fin.last (n + 1)).castSucc.succAbove).det =
+          x * (bandedLowerHessenberg d a b x (n + 1)).det := by
+    change (bandedLowerHessenbergPenultimateCofactor d a b x n).det = _
+    exact bandedLowerHessenbergPenultimateCofactor_det d a b x n
+  rw [hsignLast, hentryLast, hcofactorLast, hsignAnte, hentryAnte,
+    hcofactorAnte, hsignPen, hentryPen, hcofactorPen] at hdet
+  ring_nf at hdet ⊢
+  exact hdet
+
+end
+
+end Matrix