Calculation of matrix inverse

Calculation of matrix inverse in C/C++

// matrix inversioon
// the result is put in Y
void MatrixInversion(float **A, int order, float **Y)
{
    // get the determinant of a
    double det = 1.0/CalcDeterminant(A,order);

    // memory allocation
    float *temp = new float[(order-1)*(order-1)];
    float **minor = new float*[order-1];
    for(int i=0;i<order-1;i++)
        minor[i] = temp+(i*(order-1));

    for(int j=0;j<order;j++)
    {
        for(int i=0;i<order;i++)
        {
            // get the co-factor (matrix) of A(j,i)
            GetMinor(A,minor,j,i,order);
            Y[i][j] = det*CalcDeterminant(minor,order-1);
            if( (i+j)%2 == 1)
                Y[i][j] = -Y[i][j];
        }
    }

    // release memory
    //delete [] minor[0];
    delete [] temp;
    delete [] minor;
}

// calculate the cofactor of element (row,col)
int GetMinor(float **src, float **dest, int row, int col, int order)
{
    // indicate which col and row is being copied to dest
    int colCount=0,rowCount=0;

    for(int i = 0; i < order; i++ )
    {
        if( i != row )
        {
            colCount = 0;
            for(int j = 0; j < order; j++ )
            {
                // when j is not the element
                if( j != col )
                {
                    dest[rowCount][colCount] = src[i][j];
                    colCount++;
                }
            }
            rowCount++;
        }
    }

    return 1;
}

// Calculate the determinant recursively.
double CalcDeterminant( float **mat, int order)
{
    // order must be >= 0
 // stop the recursion when matrix is a single element
    if( order == 1 )
        return mat[0][0];

    // the determinant value
    float det = 0;

    // allocate the cofactor matrix
    float **minor;
    minor = new float*[order-1];
    for(int i=0;i<order-1;i++)
        minor[i] = new float[order-1];

    for(int i = 0; i < order; i++ )
    {
        // get minor of element (0,i)
        GetMinor( mat, minor, 0, i , order);
        // the recusion is here!

        det += (i%2==1?-1.0:1.0) * mat[0][i] * CalcDeterminant(minor,order-1);
        //det += pow( -1.0, i ) * mat[0][i] * CalcDeterminant( minor,order-1 );
    }

    // release memory
    for(int i=0;i<order-1;i++)
        delete [] minor[i];
    delete [] minor;

    return det;
}