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Q.

The inverse of a skew-symmetric matrix (if it exists) is:


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a

A symmetric matrix

b

A skew symmetric matrix

c

A Diagonal matrix

d

None of matrix is unique 

answer is B.

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Detailed Solution

We have, A =A.................(1)  
We know that, A A 1 = A 1 A=I..............(2)  
Where I   is the identity matrix and A 1  is the inverse of A  
Now taking transpose on each side of equation (2) we get,
A A 1 = A 1 A = (I)  
Since, transpose of Identity matrix is Identity matrix so,
A A 1 = A 1 A =I  
Applying Reversal Law of transpose of matrices i.e. (AB) = B A  we get,
A 1 A = A A 1 =I  
A 1 (A)=(A) A 1 =I   (Since from equation (1), A =A  )
From the above equation we see that A 1 (A)=I  which means that A 1  is the inverse of (A)   (Since, their product is identity matrix which implies that one is inverse of the other)
A 1 = A 1  
Now from the above equation, we see that  A 1   satisfies equation 1 i.e. the condition of a skew symmetric matrix.
Hence,  A 1   is skew symmetric i.e. the inverse of a skew symmetric matrix is a skew symmetric matrix.
 
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