M <- matrix(c(4, -12, -4,
2, 1, 3,
-1, -3, 2), 3, 3, byrow=TRUE)
minor(M, 1, 1)
minor(M, 1, 2)
minor(M, 1, 3)
rowCofactors(M, 1)
Det(M)
# expansion by cofactors of row 1
M[1,] %*% rowCofactors(M,1)
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