Differential Equations and Linear Algebra (4th Edition)

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Chapter 3 - Determinants - 3.3 Cofactor Expansions - Problems - Page 235: 69

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Let $B$ be the matrices obtained by adding column $i$ by column $j$ from $A$. We have $\det A=\det B$ because of a related property of P3 that is true for elementary olumn operations. Since $\sum_ka_{ki}C_{kj}=0$ and $\det A=\sum_ka_{kj}C_{kj}$, cofactor expansion along column $j$ gives:: $\det A=\det B=$$\sum (a_{ki}+a_{kj})C_{kj}\\=\sum a_{ki}C_{kj}+\sum a_{kj}C_{kj}\\ =\det A+\sum a_{ki}C_{kj}$
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