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What are the diagonal elements of

SYMMETRIC MATRIX

SKEW-SYMMETRIC MATRIX

HERMITIAN

SKEW-HERMITIAN

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13 Years agoGrade
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13 Years ago

the diagnol elements of a skew hermitian matrix are necessarily real

diagnol elements of a hermitian matrix are purely imaginary or zero

diagnol elements of a skew symmetric matrix are zero

 

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ApprovedApproved Tutor Answer13 Years ago

SYMMETRIC MATRIX-diagonal elements can be any real number

SKEW SYMMETRI-diagonal elements should be necessarily zero

HERMITIAN-diagonal elements must be real

SKEW HERMITIAN-diagonal elements should be zero or purely imaginary