5.1. Cofactor matrix

Introduction

  • This lesson dives deep into how to create a cofactor matrix.
  • Cofactor is simply the minor of each element together with its “place sign“.
  • The cofactor of an element is denoted by Cij.
  • ‘i’ is the row number while ‘j’ is column number.

  • Cofactor matrix is the matrix built with all the cofactors of all elements.
  • The cofactor matrix is denoted by C.

Calculating the cofactor matrix requires the knowledge of calculating minors. To learn how to calculate minors follow, Minors.

  • To learn about cofactor matrices you need to know following things,
    • The place sign
    • Cofactors

Cofactor matrix is the matrix built with all the cofactors of all elements.

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