Skew-symmetric matrices

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Prove that if $A$ is an $n\times n$ matrix, then $A - A^T$ is a skew-symmetric matrix.

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Skew symmetric means that $A^t = -A$. So in your case $$(A - A^t)^t = A^t - (A^t)^t = A^t - A = -(A - A^t)$$ since the operation of transposition is linear and involutory.