SKEW SYMMETRICAL DETERMINANT

Definition: SKEW SYMMETRICAL DETERMINANT

SKEW SYMMETRICAL DETERMINANT

1. (Alg.), a determinant in which the elements in each column of the matrix are equal to the elements of the corresponding row of the matrix with the signs changed, as in (1), below. (1) 0 2 -3-2 0 53 -5 0 (2) 4 -1 71 8 -2-7 2 1 Note: This requires that the numbers in the diagonal from the upper left to lower right corner be zeros. A like determinant in which the numbers in the diagonal are not zeros is a skew determinant, as in (2), above.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

53 4B 45 57      53 59 4D 4D 45 54 52 49 43 41 4C      44 45 54 45 52 4D 49 4E 41 4E 54

01010011 01001011 01000101 01010111 00100000 01010011 01011001 01001101 01001101 01000101 01010100 01010010 01001001 01000011 01000001 01001100 00100000 01000100 01000101 01010100 01000101 01010010 01001101 01001001 01001110 01000001 01001110 01010100

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0053 004B 0045 0057      0053 0059 004D 004D 0045 0054 0052 0049 0043 0041 004C      0044 0045 0054 0045 0052 004D 0049 004E 0041 004E 0054

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