Minor (linear algebra) - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Minor_(linear_algebra)In linear algebra, a minor of a matrix A is the determinant of some smaller square matrix, cut down from A by removing one or more of its rows and columns. Minors obtained by removing just one row and one column from square matrices ( first minors ) are required for calculating matrix cofactors , which in turn are useful for computing both the determinant and inverse of square matrices.
Minor (linear algebra) - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minor_(linear_algebra)The cofactors feature prominently in Laplace's formula for the expansion of determinants, which is a method of computing larger determinants in terms of smaller ones. Given an n × n matrix , the determinant of A, denoted det(A), can be written as the sum of the cofactors of any row or column of the matrix multiplied by the entries that generated them. In other words, defining then the cofactor expansion along the j th column gives: