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    				| 1. | Express the matrix `[3-2-4 3-2-5-1 1 2]`as the sum of a symmetric and skew-symmetric matrix. | 
| Answer» A matrix `A` can be expressed as the sum of symmetric and skew-symmetric matrix in following way:`A = 1/2(A+A^T)+1/2(A-A^T)` Here, `A = [[3,-2,-4],[3,-2,-5],[-1,1,2]]` `:. A^T = [[3,3,-1],[-2,-2,1],[-4,-5,2]]` `=>A+A^T = [[3,-2,-4],[3,-2,-5],[-1,1,2]]+[[3,3,-1],[-2,-2,1],[-4,-5,2]] = [[6,1,-5],[1,-4,-4],[-5,-4,4]]` `=>A-A^T = [[3,-2,-4],[3,-2,-5],[-1,1,2]]-[[3,3,-1],[-2,-2,1],[-4,-5,2]] = [[0,-5,-3],[5,0,-6],[3,6,0]]` `:. A = 1/2 [[6,1,-5],[1,-4,-4],[-5,-4,4]]+ [[0,-5,-3],[5,0,-6],[3,6,0]]` `=>A = [[3,1/2,-5/2],[1/2,-2,-2],[-5/2,-2,2]]+[[0,-5/2,-3/2],[5/2,0,-3],[3/2,3,0]]` | |