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Get a cofactor of a matrix

Contributed by: Wolfram Staff

ResourceFunction["Cofactor"][m,{i,j}]

gives the (i,j) cofactor of the matrix m.

Examples

Basic Examples

Here is the 1, 2 cofactor of a 3×3 matrix:

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ResourceFunction["Cofactor"][( { {0, 0, 0}, {1, 0, 10}, {10, 0, 1} } ), {1, 2}]
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The positively signed cofactor of the top left-hand corner of an array:

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ResourceFunction["Cofactor"][\!\(\* TagBox[ RowBox[{"Array", "[", RowBox[{"m", ",", RowBox[{"{", RowBox[{"5", ",", "5"}], "}"}]}], "]"}], Function[BoxForm`e$, MatrixForm[BoxForm`e$]]]\), {5, 5}] == Det@Array[m, {4, 4}]
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Scope

Define a random 4×4 matrix:

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rm = RandomInteger[{0, 10}, {4, 4}]; MatrixForm@m
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Here is its determinant:

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Det@rm
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Expand the determinant along the first row:

In[5]:=
rm[[1, #]] ResourceFunction["Cofactor"][rm, {1, #}] & /@ Range@4
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Adding up gives the determinant again:

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Total@%
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Version History

  • 1.0.1 – 31 January 2022
  • 1.0.0 – 05 July 2019

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