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= Solution

For a <skew-Hermitian matrix>, $A^\dagger=-A$, so both $A^\dagger A$ and $AA^\dagger$ equal $-A^2$. It is therefore a <normal matrix>. On an <eigenvector> with <eigenvalue> $\lambda$, part (a)(iii) gives
$$
\overline\lambda x=A^\dagger x=-Ax=-\lambda x.
$$
Thus $\overline\lambda=-\lambda$, and \b[every eigenvalue lies in $i\mathbb R$], including the possible <eigenvalue> zero.

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