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In Shilov's Linear Algebra p.22 about Laplace's theorem

it said

"Finally, let the rows of the determinant $D$ with indices $i_1,i_2,\ldots,i_k$ be fixed; some elements from these rows appear in every term of D."

Why the sentence after ; is true?

In the text, Shilov formed a minor $M^{i_1,i_2,\ldots,i_k}_{j_1,j_2,\ldots,j_k}$ with those k rows and k of the n columns

and a cofactor $\overline{A}^{i_1,i_2,\ldots,i_k}_{j_1,j_2,\ldots.j_k}$ of the minor.

And the terms are now divided into groups $M^{i_1,i_2,\ldots,i_k}_{j_1,j_2,\ldots,j_k} \overline{A}^{i_1,i_2,\ldots,i_k}_{j_1,j_2,\ldots.j_k}$

Note that,

$a_{\alpha_1,1} a_{\alpha_2,2} \cdots a_{\alpha_n,n}$ is a term of $D$, $a_{\alpha_1,1}$ is an element on the first column of the matrix of $D$, $\alpha_1,\alpha_2,\ldots\alpha_n$ are unique.

$a_{i,j}$ is an element of the matrix of $D$.

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    By the way, your question on the heading has the answer: no, but that question isn't the same as in the body of your question...2012-08-21

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