where <!--l. 161--><math
class="inline"><mi class="mathbf">K</mi
><mrow><mo>(</mo><mi>i</mi><mo>|</mo><mi
>i</mi><mo>)</mo></mrow></math> is the
<!--l. 161--><math
class="inline"><mi>i</mi></math>th
principal submatrix of <!--l. 162--><math
class="inline"><mi class="mathbf"
>K</mi></math>.
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class="verbatim"><tr class="verbatim"><td
class="verbatim"><pre class="verbatim">
\det\mathbf{K}(i|i)=\text{ the number of spanning trees of $G$},
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Let <!--l. 167--><math
class="inline"><msub><mi>C</mi><mrow><mi
>i</mi><mrow><mo>(</mo><mi>j</mi><mo
>)</mo></mrow></mrow></msub></math> be the set of