Finding the Adjugate of a 4x4 Matrix

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I need to find the adj(A) for a 4x4 Matrix.

[tex]A = \begin{array} a11 & a12 & a13 & a14 \\ a21 & a22 & a23 & a24 \\ a31 & a32 & a33 & a34 \\ a41 & a42 & a43 & a44 \end{array}[/tex]

I have tried:

[tex]adj(A_{ij}) = (-1)^{i+j}*A_{ji}[/tex]

but I get the wrong answer for the inverse:

[tex]A^{-1} = \frac{adj(A)}{det(A)}[/tex]

and this does not work:

[tex]A*A^{-1} = I[/tex]

where

[tex]I= \begin{array} 1 & 0 & 0 & 0 \\ 0 & 1 & 0 & 0 \\ 0 & 0 & 1 & 0 \\ 0 & 0 & 0 & 1 \end{array}[/tex]
 
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##C_{ij}=(-1)^{i+j}A_{ij}## ... gives you ##\text{C}## - the cofactor matrix.
The adjugate matrix is the transpose of the cofactor matrix.