Symmetric and Skew-Symmetric Matrices
Symmetric and Skew-Symmetric Matrices: Overview
This topic covers concepts, such as, Symmetric and Skew-symmetric Matrices, Symmetric Matrix, Properties of Skew-Symmetric Matrices & Square Matrix as a Sum of Symmetric and Skew-Symmetric Matrices etc.
Important Questions on Symmetric and Skew-Symmetric Matrices
Using matrices, solve the following system of equations

Let denote the determinant of a square matrix . Let be the function defined by where
Let be a quadratic polynomial whose roots are the maximum and minimum values of the function , and . Then, which of the following is/are TRUE ?

Let , then the number of symmetric matrices with trace equals zero, is

Let be set of all symmetric matrices all of whose entries are either or Five of these entries are and four of them are , Then

If then is _____ matrix

If is a skew-symmetric matrix with entries as other entries as and entries as . If is sum of diagonal elements, then is equal to

If is a symmetric matrix then the value of is _____.

If then is

If are any two non-zero real numbers, and are two matrices such that then

Determinant of skew-symmetric matrix of order "three" is always

If is a symmetric matrix then find the value of .

Let and be symmetric matrices such that and . Then is equal to is the transpose of matrix

Let be symmetric matrices such that and . Then is equal to is the transpose of matrix

If and are non-singular square matrices of even order such that and
(where is a null matrix ), then

is a matrix with entries from the set . Then the probability that is neither symmetric nor skew-symmetric is

If is a skew symmetric matrix of order and are matrices then is

If is skew symmetric matrix such that then order of is :-

If is skew symmetric matrix such that then order of is :-

Let , then the value of determinant is

If the matrix is both symmetric and skew symmetric, then
