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Show that the elements on the main diagonal of a skew-symmetric matrix are all zero.

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To show that the elements on the main diagonal of a skew-symmetric matrix are all zero, we will follow these steps: ### Step 1: Definition of a Skew-Symmetric Matrix A matrix \( A \) is called skew-symmetric if it satisfies the condition: \[ A^T = -A \] where \( A^T \) is the transpose of matrix \( A \). ...
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