Solution

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The adjugate matrix is the transpose of the cofactor matrix: . Cofactor expansion gives the adjugate identity
For an invertible matrix this yields . Integer entries of imply integer cofactors, so makes its inverse integral. Conversely, if and both have integer entries, their determinants are integers and . The only integer units are . Hence an invertible integer matrix has an integer inverse exactly when it is a unimodular matrix, with determinant . Invertibility is implicit whenever is used.

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