Paper 2, Section II, E
Part IB, 2015
(i) Suppose is a matrix that does not have as an eigenvalue. Show that is non-singular. Further, show that commutes with .
(ii) A matrix is called skew-symmetric if . Show that a real skewsymmetric matrix does not have as an eigenvalue.
(iii) Suppose is a real skew-symmetric matrix. Show that is orthogonal with determinant 1 .
(iv) Verify that every orthogonal matrix with determinant 1 which does not have as an eigenvalue can be expressed as where is a real skew-symmetric matrix.