diff --git a/include/J3ML/LinearAlgebra/Matrix4x4.h b/include/J3ML/LinearAlgebra/Matrix4x4.h
index 513b46f..5cf6132 100644
--- a/include/J3ML/LinearAlgebra/Matrix4x4.h
+++ b/include/J3ML/LinearAlgebra/Matrix4x4.h
@@ -65,14 +65,7 @@ namespace LinearAlgebra {
         Matrix4x4(const Quaternion& orientation, const Vector3 &translation);
 
         Vector3 GetTranslatePart() const;
-        Matrix3x3 GetRotatePart() const
-        {
-            return Matrix3x3 {
-                At(0, 0), At(0, 1), At(0, 2),
-                At(1, 0), At(1, 1), At(1, 2),
-                At(2, 0), At(2, 1), At(2, 2)
-            };
-        }
+        Matrix3x3 GetRotatePart() const;
         void SetTranslatePart(float translateX, float translateY, float translateZ);
         void SetTranslatePart(const Vector3& offset);
         void SetRotatePart(const Quaternion& q);
@@ -103,10 +96,15 @@ namespace LinearAlgebra {
         Vector4 WorldY() const;
         Vector4 WorldZ() const;
 
+        float Determinant3x3() const;
         /// Computes the determinant of this matrix.
         // If the determinant is nonzero, this matrix is invertible.
         float Determinant() const;
 
+        #define SKIPNUM(val, skip) (val >= skip ? (val+1) : val)
+
+        float Minor(int i, int j) const;
+
         Matrix4x4 Inverse() const;
 
         Matrix4x4 Transpose() const;
diff --git a/src/J3ML/LinearAlgebra/Matrix4x4.cpp b/src/J3ML/LinearAlgebra/Matrix4x4.cpp
index d79a5d9..9311767 100644
--- a/src/J3ML/LinearAlgebra/Matrix4x4.cpp
+++ b/src/J3ML/LinearAlgebra/Matrix4x4.cpp
@@ -309,4 +309,52 @@ namespace LinearAlgebra {
         };
         return i;
     }
+
+    float Matrix4x4::Minor(int i, int j) const {
+        int r0 = SKIPNUM(0, i);
+        int r1 = SKIPNUM(1, i);
+        int r2 = SKIPNUM(2, i);
+        int c0 = SKIPNUM(0, j);
+        int c1 = SKIPNUM(1, j);
+        int c2 = SKIPNUM(2, j);
+
+        float a = At(r0, c0);
+        float b = At(r0, c1);
+        float c = At(r0, c2);
+        float d = At(r1, c0);
+        float e = At(r1, c1);
+        float f = At(r1, c2);
+        float g = At(r2, c0);
+        float h = At(r2, c1);
+        float k = At(r2, c2);
+
+        return a*e*k + b*f*g + c*d*h - a*f*h - b*d*k - c*e*g;
+    }
+
+    float Matrix4x4::Determinant() const {
+        return At(0, 0) * Minor(0,0) - At(0, 1) * Minor(0,1) + At(0, 2) * Minor(0,2) - At(0, 3) * Minor(0,3);
+    }
+
+    float Matrix4x4::Determinant3x3() const {
+
+        const float a = elems[0][0];
+        const float b = elems[0][1];
+        const float c = elems[0][2];
+        const float d = elems[1][0];
+        const float e = elems[1][1];
+        const float f = elems[1][2];
+        const float g = elems[2][0];
+        const float h = elems[2][1];
+        const float i = elems[2][2];
+
+        return a*e*i + b*f*g + c*d*h - a*f*h - b*d*i - c*e*g;
+    }
+
+    Matrix3x3 Matrix4x4::GetRotatePart() const {
+        return Matrix3x3 {
+                At(0, 0), At(0, 1), At(0, 2),
+                At(1, 0), At(1, 1), At(1, 2),
+                At(2, 0), At(2, 1), At(2, 2)
+        };
+    }
 }
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