Which of the following matrix is not skew symmetric matrix?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
a skew matrix is one which follows following property symmetric
A = -AT
Transpose of a matrix A
Let A = [aij]m×n
→ A is a matrix of order m×n
aij → represents its ith, jth element
AT = [aji]n×m
for skew symmetric matrix
A = -AT → every aij = -aji
so for diagonal elements
aii = -aii → both indices are represented by i, i since its a diagonal element
⇒ 2aii = 0
⇒ aii = 0 → for skew symmetric matrices its diagonal entries are always zero → necessary condition for skew symmetric matrices
So we need to check only these matrices whose diagonal entries are not zero first
In this case we will check
for option 2
$A=\left[\begin{array}{cc}0 & -3 \\ 3 & 1\end{array}\right]$ → non zero diagonal entries
$A^T=\left[\begin{array}{cc}0 & 3 \\ -3 & 1\end{array}\right]$
$-A^T=\left[\begin{array}{cc}0 & -3 \\ 3 & -1\end{array}\right]$
⇒ A ≠ - AT
option 2 → not skew symmetric matrix