Symmetric and Skew-Symmetric Matrices

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Symmetric and Skew-Symmetric Matrices: Overview

This topic covers concepts such as Symmetric and Skew-symmetric Matrices, Symmetric Matrix, Skew-Symmetric Matrix, Properties of Symmetric Matrices, and Properties of Skew-Symmetric Matrices.

Important Questions on Symmetric and Skew-Symmetric Matrices

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If A=211-102013 then A-AT is

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If x, y are any two non-zero real numbers, aij=xj+yi,A=aijn×n and P, Q are two n×n matrices such that A=x P+y Q then

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

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If A=-2-11-1741-x-3 is a symmetric matrix then find the value of x.

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If the matrix A is both symmetric and skew symmetric, then

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If A and B are non singular square matrices of even order such that A=A and B=-B and AB+BA=O (where O is null matrix), then choose appropriate option

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Let A be the set of all 4×4 skew symmetric matrices, whose entries are -1,0 or 1. If there are exactly four 0's, six 1'sand six -1's, then what will be the number of such matrices?

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If a square matrix A=    2  03   4  3   15  7   2  is expressed as the sum of a symmetric and skew-symmetric matrix, then the symmetric matrix will be

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The symmetric part of the matrix 12643-4865 is

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If A1,A2,A3.A20 are 20 skew-symmetric matrices of same order and B=r=1202rAr2r+1, then the sum of the principal diagonal elements of matrix B is equal to

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If a matrix A is both symmetric and skew symmetric then

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If A and B are two skew symmetric matrices of order n then

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If A=x32-3y-7-270 and A=-A, then x+y  is equal to

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The symmetric part of the matrix A=1246822-27 is

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Let p be an odd prime number and TP be the following set of 2×2 matrices TP=A= abca;a, b, c 0,1, 2,p-1

The number of A in TP such that A is either symmetric or skew - symmetric or both, and detA is divisible by p is

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If A=3x-12x+3x+2 is a symmetric matrix, then x =

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In a symmetric matrix of order 12 maximum number of distinct elements are -

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If A=20-3431-572 is expressed as the sum of a symmetric and skew-symmetric matrix then the symmetric matrix is 

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If A is a skew-symmetric matrix, then trace of A is