A degree property of rational matrices (Q1065898)

Let \(A(s)\) be any \(n\times n\) matrix whose entries are polynomials. Then \[ \sum^n_{\substack{k=1 \\ k\neq i}} \deg \left(\sum^n_{t=1}a_{kt}D_{it}\right)=\sum^n_{t=1} \deg (D_{it}), \] where \(D_{ij}\) is the \((i,j)\) cofactor of \(A(s)\). A similar result for rational matrices is proved.