grandes-ecoles 2013 QII.B.1

grandes-ecoles · France · centrale-maths2__psi Matrices Linear Transformation and Endomorphism Properties
Let $B \in M_3(\mathbb{R})$ be antisymmetric.
a) Show that $\det B = 0$.
b) Show that $\left(\operatorname{Ker} u_B\right)^\perp$ is stable under $u_B$.
c) Deduce that $B$ has rank 0 or 2.
Let $B \in M_3(\mathbb{R})$ be antisymmetric.

a) Show that $\det B = 0$.

b) Show that $\left(\operatorname{Ker} u_B\right)^\perp$ is stable under $u_B$.

c) Deduce that $B$ has rank 0 or 2.