Definition:Minor of Determinant/Example

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Example of Minor of Determinant

Let $D$ be the determinant defined as:

$D = \begin {vmatrix} a_{1 1} & a_{1 2} & a_{1 3} \\ a_{2 1} & a_{2 2} & a_{2 3} \\ a_{3 1} & a_{3 2} & a_{3 3} \end{vmatrix}$


Then:

$\map D {1, 2 \mid 1, 3} = \begin {vmatrix} a_{1 1} & a_{1 3} \\ a_{2 1} & a_{2 3} \end {vmatrix}$


Note that $\map D {1, 2 \mid 1, 3}$ can also be denoted as $D_{3 2}$.