Let $A\in\mathbb{R}^{n\times n}$ be a skew-symmetric matrix, is the Rayleigh quotient of $A$ always $0$?

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Let $A\in\mathbb{R}^{n\times n}$ be a skew-symmetric matrix, is the Rayleigh quotient of $A$ always $0$?

The Rayleigh quotient is define as following: $$\mathcal{W}_{\mathbb{R}}(A)=\big\{ \frac{x^*Ax}{x^*x}:x\in\mathbb{R}^n\setminus\{0\} \big \}$$