Combinatorial proofs of some determinantal identities

In this paper, we give combinatorial proofs of some determinantal identities. In fact, we give a combinatorial proof of a theorem of R. P. Stanley regarding the enumeration of paths in acyclic digraphs along with some interesting applications. We also give an almost visual proof of a recent result of Oliver Knill, namely ‘The generalized Cauchy–Binet Theorem.’