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Past exam of the year 1 of the computer science course of the University of Oxford / 2023 / Digital systems, linear algebra and introduction to formal proof / 6 / h / Solution by

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If

(I + A) x = 0

, take its dot product with

x

and apply (e):

0 = x^{⊤} (I + A) x = ∥ x ∥^{2} + x^{⊤} A x = ∥ x ∥^{2} .

Hence

x = 0

. A square matrix with zero null space is an invertible matrix by the rank-nullity theorem. Therefore $I + A$ is nonsingular. This proves invertibility of identity plus a real skew-symmetric matrix.

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