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Laplace Expansion


# Laplace Expansion $$ A = a_{ij} $$ $$ 1 \le i_1 \le .. \le i_r \le n $$ $$ 1 \le j_1 \le .. \le j_r \le n $$ definition : r-dim. small matrix of A $$ A\binom{i_1 .. i_r}{j_1 .. j_r} \equiv \begin{pmatrix} a_{i_1,j_1}&\cdots&a_{i_1,j_r}\\ \vdots&\ddots&\vdots\\ a_{i_r,j_1}&\cdots&a_{i_r,j_r}\\ \end{pmatrix} $$ we define the rest elements $ i^\prime, j^\prime $ $$ \{ i_1^{\prime}, .. , i^\prime_{n-r} \} \equiv \{ 1 .. n \} \setminus \{ i_1 , .. , i_r \} $$ $$ \{ j_1^{\prime}, .. , j^\prime_{n-r} \} \equiv \{ 1 .. n \} \setminus \{ j_1 , .. , j_r \} $$ where, $$ 1 \le i^\prime_1 \le .. \le i^\prime_{n-r} \le n $$ $$ 1 \le j^\prime_1 \le .. \le j^\prime_{n-r} \le n $$ Here, we can express Determinant A : $$ detA = \sum_{j_1 \le .. \le jr} (-1)^{i_1 + .. + i_r + j_1 + .. + j_r} \begin{vmatrix} a_{i_1,j_1}&\cdots&a_{i_1,j_r}\\ \vdots&\ddots&\vdots\\ a_{i_r,j_1}&\cdots&a_{i_r,j_r}\\ \end{vmatrix} \begin{vmatrix} a_{i^\prime_1,j^\prime_1}&\cdots&a_{i^\prime_1,j^\prime_{n-r}}\\ \vdots&\ddots&\vdots\\ a_{i^\prime_{n-r},j^\prime_1}&\cdots&a_{i^\prime_{n-r},j^\prime_{n-r}}\\ \end{vmatrix} $$ # NOTE : implementation if we define determinant in program ,
we should avoid this way .
Because even determinant of 10x10 matrix costs much time .
we should use determinant of "Triangled Matrix" .