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

            (iii)    \begin{bmatrix} 3 & 3 & -1\\ -2 & -2 & 1\\ -4 & -5 & 2 \end{bmatrix}

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A=\begin{bmatrix} 3 & 3 & -1\\ -2 & -2 & 1\\ -4 & -5 & 2 \end{bmatrix}

A'=\begin{bmatrix} 3 & -2 & -4\\ 3 & -2 & -5\\ -1 & 1 & 2 \end{bmatrix}

A+A'=\begin{bmatrix} 3 & 3 & -1\\ -2 & -2 & 1\\ -4 & -5 & 2 \end{bmatrix}+\begin{bmatrix} 3 & -2 & -4\\ 3 & -2 & -5\\ -1 & 1 & 2 \end{bmatrix}

A+A'=\begin{bmatrix} 6 & 1 & -5\\ 1& -4 & -4\\ -5 & -4 & 4 \end{bmatrix}

Let  

      B= \frac{1}{2}(A+A')=\frac{1}{2}\begin{bmatrix} 6 & 1 & -5\\ 1 & -4 & -4\\ -5 & -4 & 4 \end{bmatrix}= \begin{bmatrix} 3 & \frac{1}{2} & -\frac{5}{2}\\ \frac{1}{2} & -2 & -2\\ \frac{-5}{2} & -2 & 2 \end{bmatrix}

      B'= \begin{bmatrix} 3 & \frac{1}{2} & -\frac{5}{2}\\ \frac{1}{2} & -2 & -2\\ \frac{-5}{2} & -2 & 2 \end{bmatrix}=B

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

 

      A-A'=\begin{bmatrix} 3 & 3 & -1\\ -2 & -2 & 1\\ -4 & -5 & 2 \end{bmatrix}-\begin{bmatrix} 3 & -2 & -4\\ 3 & -2 & -5\\ -1 & 1 & 2 \end{bmatrix}

     A-A'=\begin{bmatrix} 0 & 5&3\\ -5 & 0&6 \\-3&-6&0\end{bmatrix}

Let 

C= \frac{1}{2}(A-A')=\frac{1}{2}\begin{bmatrix} 0 & 5&3\\ -5&0 & 6\\-3&-6&0 \end{bmatrix}=\begin{bmatrix} 0 & \frac{5}{2}&\frac{3}{2}\\ -\frac{5}{2}&0 & 3\\\frac{-3}{2}&-3&0 \end{bmatrix}

C'=\begin{bmatrix} 0 &- \frac{5}{2}&-\frac{3}{2}\\ \frac{5}{2}&0 &- 3\\\frac{3}{2}&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} 3 & \frac{1}{2} & -\frac{5}{2}\\ \frac{1}{2} & -2 & -2\\ \frac{-5}{2} & -2 & 2 \end{bmatrix}  +\begin{bmatrix} 0 & \frac{5}{2}&\frac{3}{2}\\ -\frac{5}{2}&0 & 3\\\frac{-3}{2}&-3&0 \end{bmatrix} =\begin{bmatrix} 3 & 3 & -1\\ -2 & -2 & 1\\ -4 & -5 & 2 \end{bmatrix}=A

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