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Referring to Exercises 60 and 61 , what can be said about a matrix that is both symmetric and skew-symmetric?
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e., A = A^T. This means that the elements of the matrix satisfy the condition a_ij = a_ji for all i and j. A skew-symmetric matrix is a matrix that is equal to the negative of its transpose, i.e., A = -A^T. This means that the elements of the matrix satisfy the Show more…
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