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According to the Matrix Tree Theorem, the number of spanning trees of a graph is equal to any cofactor of its Laplacian matrix LL. For a cycle graph C4C_4 on 4 vertices, the Laplacian matrix is: L=(2101121001211012)L = \begin{pmatrix} 2 & -1 & 0 & -1 \\ -1 & 2 & -1 & 0 \\ 0 & -1 & 2 & -1 \\ -1 & 0 & -1 & 2 \end{pmatrix} What is the cofactor C11C_{11} of LL, which represents the number of spanning trees of C4C_4?