solve det(I + uv^t)

prove $det(I+uv^t) = 1 + u^tv$
First, let us list several basic formulations:
Assume $Aa = \lambda a$, then we have $A^{-1}a = \frac{1}{\lambda}a$, meanwhile, we can also get $(A+I)a = (\lambda + 1)a$

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Therefore, the conclusion can be easily attained:

one eigenvalue of $uv^t$ is $tr(uv^t)$ which equals to $u^tv$ and all the others would be zero. Given by the equation $(A+I)a = (\lambda + 1)a$ results in the fact that one eigenvalue of $I + uv^t$ is $1 + u^tv$ and all the others would be one.

Remember the determinant of a matrix equals to the multiply of all its eigenvalues, hence, $det(I+uv^t) = (1 + u^tv)*1 = (1+u^tv)$, proved.