skew-symmetric

See also: skewsymmetric and skew symmetric

English

Adjective

skew-symmetric (not comparable)

(linear algebra, of a matrix) Whose entries on one side of the diagonal are the additive inverses of their correspondents on the other side of the diagonal and whose elements on the main diagonal are zero.
- $\left({\begin{array}{ccc}0&2&3\\-2&0&-4\\-3&4&0\end{array}}\right)$

Synonyms

antisymmetric

Translations

whose entries on one side of the diagonal are the additive inverses of their correspondents on the other side of the diagonal and whose elements on the main diagonal are zero

Swedish: skevsymmetrisk (sv), antisymmetrisk (sv)

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