diff --git a/src/algebra/TinyMatrix.hpp b/src/algebra/TinyMatrix.hpp
index c7447be5faff25326816a4e9f5417887ac72b9b6..05cbd6813265103e1b8cb46f02d30eac7a5f6fbb 100644
--- a/src/algebra/TinyMatrix.hpp
+++ b/src/algebra/TinyMatrix.hpp
@@ -255,10 +255,43 @@ template <size_t N, typename T>
 KOKKOS_INLINE_FUNCTION
 T det(const TinyMatrix<N,T>& A)
 {
-  TinyMatrix<N,T> M=A;
-#warning must code a Gauss pivoting approach and compare perfs with Camers for 3x3 matrices
   static_assert(std::is_arithmetic<T>::value, "determinent is not defined for non arithmetic types");
-  return 0;
+  TinyMatrix<N,T> M = A;
+
+  TinyVector<N, int> index;
+  for (int i=0; i<N; ++i) index[i]=i;
+
+  T determinent = 1;
+  for (int i=0; i<N; ++i) {
+    for (int j=i; j<N; ++j) {
+      int l = j;
+      const int J = index[j];
+      for (int k=j+1; k<N; ++k) {
+	if (std::abs(M(index[k],i)) > std::abs(M(J,i))) {
+	  l=k;
+	}
+      }
+      if (l != j) {
+	std::swap(index[l], index[j]);
+	determinent *= -1;
+      }
+    }
+    const int I = index[i];
+    if (M(I,i)==0) return 0;
+    double inv_Mii = 1./M(I,i);
+    for (int k=i+1; k<N; ++k) {
+      const int K = index[k];
+      const T factor = M(K,i)*inv_Mii;
+      for (int l=i+1; l<N; ++l) {
+	M(K,l) -= factor*M(I,l);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  for (int i=0; i<N; ++i) {
+    determinent *= M(index[i],i);
+  }
+  return determinent;
 }
 
 template <typename T>
@@ -289,9 +322,9 @@ T det(const TinyMatrix<3,T>& A)
   TinyMatrix<3,T> M=A;
   
   return
-    A(0,0)*(A(1,1)*A(2,2)-A(1,2)*A(2,1))
-    -A(1,0)*(A(0,1)*A(2,2)-A(0,2)*A(2,1))
-    +A(2,0)*(A(1,2)*A(0,1)-A(1,1)*A(0,2));
+    A(0,0)*(A(1,1)*A(2,2)-A(2,1)*A(1,2))
+    -A(1,0)*(A(0,1)*A(2,2)-A(2,1)*A(0,2))
+    +A(2,0)*(A(0,1)*A(1,2)-A(1,1)*A(0,2));
 }
 
 #endif // TINYMATRIX_HPP