grandes-ecoles 2017 QI.A.1

grandes-ecoles · France · centrale-maths1__mp Matrices Projection and Orthogonality
Show that $\mathcal{S}_{n}(\mathbb{R})$ and $\mathcal{A}_{n}(\mathbb{R})$ are two supplementary orthogonal vector subspaces in $\mathcal{M}_{n}(\mathbb{R})$ and specify their dimensions. (The inner product on $\mathcal{M}_{n}(\mathbb{R})$ is given by $(M,N) \mapsto \operatorname{tr}(M^{\top}N)$.)
Show that $\mathcal{S}_{n}(\mathbb{R})$ and $\mathcal{A}_{n}(\mathbb{R})$ are two supplementary orthogonal vector subspaces in $\mathcal{M}_{n}(\mathbb{R})$ and specify their dimensions. (The inner product on $\mathcal{M}_{n}(\mathbb{R})$ is given by $(M,N) \mapsto \operatorname{tr}(M^{\top}N)$.)