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I wish to write the following block matrix in LaTex.

I have been trying a bunch of stuff, but none of it seems to work. In particular, I tried the following:

beginbmatrix
0 & -1& & & & & 0 & & & &\
1 & 0 & & & & & & & & &\
 & & cdot & & & & & & & &\
 & & & cdot & & & & & & &\
 & & & & cdot & & & & & &\
 & & & & & 0 & 1 & & & &\
 & & & & &-1 & 0 & & & &\
 & & & & & & & cdot & & &\
 & & & & & & & & cdot & & \ 
 & & & & & & & & & cdot & \
0 & & & & & & & & & & 0\ 
endbmatrix

But this is pretty ugly and so any suggestions will be much appreciated.

Perhaps

$left(beginarraycccccc
left[beginarraycc
0 & 1\
-1 & 0
endarrayright] & & & & & 0\
 & ddots\
 & & left[beginarraycc
0 & 1\
-1 & 0
endarrayright]\
 & & & 0\
 & & & & ddots\
0 & & & & & 0
endarrayright)$ 

Here's another solution. It uses a pmatrix environment for the overall matrix and a custom macro called blockmat for the 2x2 inner matrices.

documentclassarticle
usepackagearray,amsmath
newcommandblockmat%
 beginarray
 hline 0 & 1^mathstrut \ -1 & 0 \ hline
 endarray
begindocument
[
beginpmatrix
blockmat & & & & & 0 \
 & ddots & & & & \
 & & blockmat & & & \
 & & & 0 & & \
 & & & & ddots & \
0 & & & & & 0 \ 
endpmatrix
]
enddocument

Here there is my proposal as the original picture using bmatx command that replace a boxed matrix.

documentclassarticle
usepackagemathtools
newcommandbmatx$boxedbeginmatrix 0& 1& \ -1& 0&endmatrix$

begindocument
[
beginpmatrix
, bmatx& & & & & & & 0 \ 
 & ddots& & & & \ 
 & & bmatx & & & & \ 
 & & & ddots& & &\ 
 & & & & 0 & &\ 
 & & & & & & ddots\ 
0 & & & & & & & 0 
endpmatrix
]

enddocument