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Is there a way to create random real antisymmetric matrix in Mathematica. Please see the example of such a matrix. cc

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    $\begingroup$ n = 10 ; a = RandomReal[{0.0, 1.0}, {n, n}] ; b = 0.5*(a - Transpose[a]) ; AntisymmetricMatrixQ[b] $\endgroup$
    – I.M.
    Aug 3, 2021 at 4:09
  • $\begingroup$ @DavidG.Stork Nop $\endgroup$
    – Jasmine
    Aug 3, 2021 at 4:15
  • $\begingroup$ How do you want the entries distributed? The simplest option would be a uniform distribution between some upper bound & lower bound for all of the independent entries, but other options exist. $\endgroup$
    – Michael Seifert
    Aug 3, 2021 at 13:42

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Here's a version which allows you to specify a distribution and only generates the required number of random draws for a symmetric matrix. You could replace the RandomVariate[...] code with something like RandomInterger[] if you'd like.

(*Dimension*)
n = 3;

(*Distribution*)
dist = NormalDistribution[];

(*Construct upper triangular SparseArray, efficiently only creating n*(n-1)/2 random numbers.*)
s = SparseArray[{i_, j_} /; i < j :> RandomVariate[dist], {n, n}];

(*Create antisymmetric matrix.*)
m = Normal[s - Transpose[s]];

AntisymmetricMatrixQ[m]
(*True*)
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If you don't mind the distribution of generated matrices:

m = RandomInteger[{0, 50}, {3, 3}];
result = m - Transpose[m]

AntisymmetricMatrixQ[result]  (* True *)
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You can use SymmetrizedArray to create arrays with any kind of symmetry:

Normal @ SymmetrizedArray[
  RandomInteger[10, {3, 3}],
  Automatic,
  Antisymmetric[{1, 2}]
]
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