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

(i) $\begin{bmatrix} 3 & 5\\ 1 & -1 \end{bmatrix}$

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$A=\begin{bmatrix} 3 & 5\\ 1 & -1 \end{bmatrix}$

$A'=\begin{bmatrix} 3 & 1\\ 5 & -1 \end{bmatrix}$

$A+A'=\begin{bmatrix} 3 & 5\\ 1 & -1 \end{bmatrix}$ $+\begin{bmatrix} 3 & 1\\ 5 & -1 \end{bmatrix}$

$A+A'=\begin{bmatrix} 6 & 6\\ 6 & -2 \end{bmatrix}$

Let

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

$B'=\begin{bmatrix} 3 & 3\\ 3 & -1 \end{bmatrix}=B$

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

$A-A'=\begin{bmatrix} 3 & 5\\ 1 & -1 \end{bmatrix}$ $-\begin{bmatrix} 3 & 1\\ 5 & -1 \end{bmatrix}$

$A-A'=\begin{bmatrix} 0 & 4\\ -4 & 0 \end{bmatrix}$

Let

$C= \frac{1}{2}(A-A')=\frac{1}{2}\begin{bmatrix} 0 & 4\\ -4 & 0 \end{bmatrix}$ $= \begin{bmatrix} 0 & 2\\ -2 & 0 \end{bmatrix}$

$C'= \begin{bmatrix} 0 & -2\\ 2 & 0 \end{bmatrix}$

$C=-C'$

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

Represent A as sum of B and C.

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

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