# Inverse of a symmetric matrix is not symmetric?

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/inverse-of-a-symmetric-matrix-is-not-symmetric/10132>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Created:** [April 3, 2018, 3:32am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/inverse-of-a-symmetric-matrix-is-not-symmetric/10132 "2018-04-03T03:32:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![mohamed82008](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/mohamed82008/32/18171_2.png) [@mohamed82008](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mohamed82008)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2018, 11:45am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/inverse-of-a-symmetric-matrix-is-not-symmetric/10132/10 "2018-04-03T11:45:44Z")

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Well, `inv` is the function. A similar `Symmetric` performance issue is also here [Slow sparse matrix-vector product with symmetric matrices - #33 by mohamed82008](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/slow-sparse-matrix-vector-product-with-symmetric-matrices/3968/33).

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