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One entry of an inverse

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Let . Find the entry in row , column of . Give the answer as a fraction in lowest terms.

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Hint

You do not need the whole inverse: one cofactor and the determinant are enough, as long as you get the indices the right way round.

Solution
  1. Expanding along row gives .
  2. The entry in row , column of is the cofactor divided by , with the indices swapped.
  3. So we need : deleting row and column leaves , whose determinant is .
  4. The sign at position is negative, so and the entry is .

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