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Symmetric and skew-symmetric matrices

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In [251−546−1−63]\begin{bmatrix} 2 & 5 & 1 \\ -5 & 4 & 6 \\ -1 & -6 & 3 \end{bmatrix} every entry off the diagonal is the negative of its mirror image: 55 and −5-5, 11 and −1-1, 66 and −6-6. Is the matrix skew-symmetric?