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Symmetric Matrix

For any squar...

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For any square matrix $A$ with real numbers,
$A + A^{'}$ is a symmetric and
$A - A^{'}$ is a skew-symmetric

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Solution

A matrix is symmetric if A'=A and skew symmetric if A '=A

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