Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 September 2014
(1) The fundamental propositions in regard to the sum of the signed primary minors of a determinant are—
(A) An expression for the negative sum of the signed primary minors of any determinant is got by taking a determinant of the next higher order whose first element is zero with the given determinant for complementary minor, and whose remaining elements are units all positive or all negative.
page 372 note * Proceedings Roy. Soc. Edinburgh, xxiv. pp. 387-392.
page 380 note * By Dr F. S. Macaulay in Math. Gazette, iii. pp. 44-45.
page 382 note * Vide my Text-Book of Determinants, p. 173, § 127.