Let A be a symmetric tridiagonal matrix (i.e., A is symmetric and aij = 0 whenever |i

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Let A be a symmetric tridiagonal matrix (i.e., A is symmetric and aij = 0 whenever |i - j | > 1). Let B be the matrix formed from A by deleting the first two rows and columns. Show that
det(A) = a11 det(M11) - a212det(B)
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