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Q10. Express the following matrices as the sum of a symmetric and a skew symmetric matrix:

(iv) $\begin{bmatrix} 1 & 5\\ -1 & 2 \end{bmatrix}$

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$A =\begin{bmatrix} 1 & 5\\ -1 & 2 \end{bmatrix}$

$A'=\begin{bmatrix} 1 & -1\\ 5 & 2 \end{bmatrix}$

$A+A'=\begin{bmatrix} 1 & 5\\ -1 & 2 \end{bmatrix}$ $+\begin{bmatrix} 1 & -1\\ 5 & 2 \end{bmatrix}$

$A+A'=\begin{bmatrix} 2 & 4\\ 4 & 4 \end{bmatrix}$

Let

$B=\frac{1}{2}(A+A')=\frac{1}{2}\begin{bmatrix} 2 & 4\\ 4 & 4 \end{bmatrix}$ $=\begin{bmatrix} 1 & 2\\ 2 & 2 \end{bmatrix}$

$B'=\begin{bmatrix} 1 & 2\\ 2 & 2 \end{bmatrix}=B$

Thus, $\frac{1}{2}(A+A')$ is a symmetric matrix.

$A-A'=\begin{bmatrix} 1 & 5\\ -1 & 2 \end{bmatrix}$ $-\begin{bmatrix} 1 & -1\\ 5 & 2 \end{bmatrix}$

$A-A'=\begin{bmatrix} 0 & 6\\ -6 & 0 \end{bmatrix}$

Let

$C= \frac{1}{2}(A-A')=\frac{1}{2}\begin{bmatrix} 0 & 6\\ -6 & 0 \end{bmatrix}$ $= \begin{bmatrix} 0 & 3\\ -3 & 0 \end{bmatrix}$

$C'= \begin{bmatrix} 0 & -3\\ 3 & 0 \end{bmatrix}$

$C=-C'$

Thus, $\frac{1}{2}(A-A')$ is a skew-symmetric matrix.

Represent A as the sum of B and C.

$B+C=\begin{bmatrix} 1 & 2\\ 2 & 2 \end{bmatrix}$ $- \begin{bmatrix} 0 & -3\\ 3 & 0 \end{bmatrix}$ $= \begin{bmatrix} 1 & 5\\ -1 & 2\end{bmatrix}=A$

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