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, Properties of Symmetric Matrices, 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

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The number of symmetric matrices of order 3, with all the entries from the set {0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9} is

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A square matrix is a skew-symmetric matrix if 

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If A is a skew symmetric matrix, then A2021 is

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Let S=a11a12a13a21a22a23a31a32a33: aij-1,0,1, then the number of symmetric matrices with trace equals zero, is

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What are the maximum number of distinct entries that are possible in a Skew Symmetric Matrix of Order n?

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For ABC, the value of 0sinAtanB-sinB+C0cosCtanA+C-cosC0=_____.

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Let P  be a 3×3 real matrix. Let Q=12P+PT where PT is the transpose of P. Then

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Which one is an example of Symmetric Matrix ?

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Let A=a11a12a13a21a22a23a31a32a33 whose entries are real numbers. Which of the following statements is ALWAYS TRUE?

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Let A and B be 3×3 matrices. Consider the following statements:
(I) If A and B are diagonal, then so is AB
(II) If A and B are symmetric, then so is AB

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Let A, B be invertible 2×2 matrices such that A is symmetric and B is skew-symmetric. Let C=A-1B-1+B-1A-1 and D=B-1AB. Then

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If A and B are matrices of same order, then AB'-BA' is a

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If A is a square matrix then A+A' is

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A skew symmetric matrix S satisfies the relation S2+I=0, where I is a unit matrix, then SS' is

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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 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?