Differential Equations and Linear Algebra (4th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0-32196-467-5
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Chapter 4 - Vector Spaces - 4.4 Spanning Sets - Problems - Page 283: 18

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$A=\begin{bmatrix} a & b \\ c & d \end{bmatrix}$ is a skew symmetric. Let $S=\{A \in M_2(R)\}$ Since $A \in S$ we have $A^T=-A\rightarrow \begin{bmatrix} a & b \\ c & d \end{bmatrix}=\begin{bmatrix} -a & -b \\ -c & -d \end{bmatrix}$ Thus, $a=-a\\ b=-b\\ c=-c\\ d=-d$ then $a=d=0\\ c=-b$ Obtain: $\begin{bmatrix} 0 & b \\ -b & 0 \end{bmatrix}=b\begin{bmatrix} 0 & 1 \\ -1 & 0 \end{bmatrix}$ We can see that every matrix $A \in S$ is a scalar multiple of the matrix $\begin{bmatrix} 0 & 1\\ -1 & 0 \end{bmatrix}$ Hence, the set $\{\begin{bmatrix} 0 & 1\\ -1 & 0 \end{bmatrix}\}$ spans $S$
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