A simple sum for simplices (Q6114809)

Generalizing to \(n\) dimensions the result proved in [\textit{C. Aebi} and \textit{G. Cairns}, Coll. Math. J. 53, No. 5, 392--393 (2022; Zbl 1521.97005)] for \(n=2\), the authors prove by means of multilinear algebra that: If \({\mathbf A}_0, \ldots, {\mathbf A}_{n+1}\) are \(n+2\) points in \({\mathbb R}^n\), understood as column vectors, and if \(\Delta_i\) denotes the determinant of the matrix \(M_i=|{\mathbf A}_{i+2}-{\mathbf A}_{i+1}| {\mathbf A}_{i+3}-{\mathbf A}_{i+1}| \ldots |{\mathbf A}_{i+n+1}-{\mathbf A}_{i+1}|\) (for \(i=0,\ldots, n+1\), where the indices are computed modulo \(n + 2\)), then \[ \sum_{i=0}^{n+1} (-1)^{i(n+1)}\Delta_i{\mathbf A}_i=0 \] The geometric meaning of \(\Delta_i\) is the following: the convex hull of \(n + 1\) points in \({\mathbb R}^n\) is a (possibly degenerate) \(n\)-simplex; \(\Delta_i\) the signed volume of the \(n\)-simplex defined by the \(n+1\) points among \({\mathbf A}_0, \ldots, {\mathbf A}_{n+1}\) that are different from \({\mathbf A}_i\).