Matrix chemistry arts and crafts at the Truman household

[barnabas_truman]

"So symmetric matrices have certain useful properties, and one way to check if a matrix is symmetric is to see if it's equal to its own transpose. It's like folding it across its main diagonal and checking if the halves match up."

"Can we make matrix snowflakes?"

"What? You mean like folded cutouts?"

"Yeah; punch holes in symmetric locations across the diagonal."

"I suppose. They'd be rectangular rather than hexagonal though."

"That's okay. Salt snowflakes!"

"I guess you might have salt snow on a planet with a reeeeeally high temperature."

"When it rains, it pours!"

"Ooh, nicely done!"