I've just done a matrix multiplication question and an interesting thing popped up. That is $MM^T=symmetric $ for the specific matrix we were given. Is this a general property or something special?
[Math] Matrix multiplied by its transpose
matricessymmetric matrices
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Best Answer
It is general:$$(MM^T)^T=(M^T)^TM^T=MM^T.$$