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\begin{verbatim} \det\mathbf{K}(i|i)=\text{ the number of spanning trees of $G$}, \end{verbatim} Let $C_{i(j)}$ be the set of graphs obtained from $G$ by attaching edge $(v_iv_j)$ to each spanning tree of $G$. Denote by $C_i=\bigcup_j C_{i(j)}$. It is obvious that the collection of Hamiltonian cycles is a subset of $C_i$. Note that the cardinality of $C_i$ is $k_{ii}\det \mathbf{K}(i|i)$. Let $\wh X=\{\hat x_1,\dots,\hat x_n\}$.