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Symmetric and skew-symmetric Cayley transforms (C=(I−B)(I+B)−1)

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For a real skew-symmetric matrix B, its Cayley transform of a real skew-symmetric matrix with the opposite sign convention has inverse C−1=(I+B)(I−B)−1. Since C is an orthogonal matrix, symmetry means C=C−1, or (I−B)2=(I+B)2. This forces B=0. Skew-symmetry means C=−C−1, or (I−B)2=−(I+B)2, which is equivalent to B2=−I. In that case C=−B. Such examples exist in even dimension by taking two-dimensional right-angle rotation matrices in diagonal blocks; in odd real dimension the determinant equation (detB)2=(−1)n rules them out.

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