The elements on the main diagonal of a skew-symmetric matrix are all ...........
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Solution
Let A=[aij] be a skew-symmetric matrix. Then, aij=−aji for all i, j (by definition). Hence, aii=−aii for all values of i ⇒2aii=0 ⇒aii=0 for all values of i ⇒a11=a22=a33=.........=ann=0