Determinant as sum of cofactors

Asked Apr 24 '19 at 17:09

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I have just gone through the proof that by summing the product of the elements and cofactors along any row of a matrix, you obtain the determinant.

I understand the mechanism of the proof, but could anyone explain this result in a more intuitive manner?

asked Apr 24 '19 at 17:09

Joseph

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Do you want intuition for the determinant itself,or the computation using cofactors? – Siddharth Bhat Apr 24 '19 at 17:23
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Might be of interest: https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/845196/geometric-interpretation-of-laplaces-formula-for-determinants – Thorgott Apr 24 '19 at 17:24
Intuition for the computation using cofactors – Joseph Apr 25 '19 at 01:17

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