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One entry of an inverse
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
- Expanding along row gives .
- The entry in row , column of is the cofactor divided by , with the indices swapped.
- So we need : deleting row and column leaves , whose determinant is .
- The sign at position is negative, so and the entry is .
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