Levi-Civita symbol and Kronecker delta

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Hello everyone, I am stuck when I study Levi-Civita symbol.
The question is how to prove

[tex]\varepsilon_{ijk}\varepsilon_{lmn} = \det \begin{bmatrix}<br /> \delta_{il} & \delta_{im}& \delta_{in}\\<br /> \delta_{jl} & \delta_{jm}& \delta_{jn}\\<br /> \delta_{kl} & \delta_{km}& \delta_{kn}\\<br /> \end{bmatrix}[/tex]

where [tex]\varepsilon_{ijk}[/tex] represents Levi-Civita symbol and [tex]\delta_{il}[/tex] represents kronecker symbol.

Thank you very much^^
 
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Have you already established the identity [itex]\epsilon_{ijk}\epsilon_{ilm} = \delta_{jl}\delta_{km}-\delta_{jm}\delta_{kl}[/itex]?
 
Yes I have, but I don't know how to relate it to determinant...