What are the Symmetric and Skew-Symmetric Matrices?
A square matrix A = [
a
ij
] is said to be a symmetric matrix if
a
ij
=
a
ji
for each element in the matrix.
A square matrix A = [
a
ij
] is said to be a skew-symmetric matrix if
a
ij
= –
a
ji
for each element in the matrix.