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Vector Spaces & Bases · Challenge problem

Let A=(0100100000010010)A = \begin{pmatrix}0 & 1 & 0 & 0\\1 & 0 & 0 & 0\\0 & 0 & 0 & 1\\0 & 0 & 1 & 0\end{pmatrix}. The real 4×44\times 4 matrices XX with XTA+AX=0X^TA + AX = 0 form a subspace of M4(R)M_4(\mathbb{R}). What is its dimension?