Let $$A = \left[ {\matrix{ 0 & { - 2} \cr 2 & 0 \cr } } \right]$. If M and N are two matrices given by $M = \sum\limits_{k = 1}^{10} {{A^{2k}}} $ and $N = \sum\limits_{k = 1}^{10} {{A^{2k - 1}}} $$ then MN2 is :

Question

Let $$A = \left[ {\matrix{ 0 & { - 2} \cr 2 & 0 \cr } } \right]$. If M and N are two matrices given by $M = \sum\limits_{k = 1}^{10} {{A^{2k}}} $ and $N = \sum\limits_{k = 1}^{10} {{A^{2k - 1}}} $$ then MN² is :

a non-identity symmetric matrix

a skew-symmetric matrix

neither symmetric nor skew-symmetric matrix

an identity matrix

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