Meanings
adjectiveskew-symmetric (not comparable)
- not comparablelinear algebraOf a matrix, satisfying A^( textsf )T=-A, i.e. having entries on one side of the diagonal that are the additive inverses of their correspondents on the other side of the diagonal and having only zeroes on the main diagonal.
(ccc 0 2 3\-2 0-4\-3 4 0)
Synonyms: antisymmetric
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveOf a matrix, satisfying A^( textsf )T=-A, i.e. having entries on one side of the diagonal that are the additive inverses of their correspondents on the other side of the diagonal and having only zeroes on the main diagonal.
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Translations
German schiefsymmetrisch
- schiefsymmetrischwhose 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, antisymmetrisk
- skevsymmetriskwhose 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
- antisymmetriskwhose 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
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