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The correct spelling is antisymmetric.
How to pronounce antisymmetric
adjective
Say it like: Ant-isy-mme-tri-c
The correct spelling is antisymmetric. (of a binary relation R on a set S) Having the property that, for any two distinct elements of S, at least one is not related to the other via R; equivalently, having the proper…
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Definition
adjective
- 1.(of a binary relation R on a set S) Having the property that, for any two distinct elements of S, at least one is not related to the other via R; equivalently, having the property that, for any x, y ∈ S, if both xRy and yRx then x=y.
- 2.(of certain mathematical objects) Whose sign changes on the application of a matrix transpose or some generalisation thereof:
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