def METHOD_NAME(vector: List[float]) -> np.ndarray:
    """
    Returns the skew symmetric matrix representation of a vector.
    Args:
        a (List[float]): The vector to find the skew symmetric matrix
            representation of.
    Returns:
        np.ndarray: The skew-symmetric cross product matrix of the vector.
    """
    # [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross_product#Skew-symmetric_matrix
    assert len(vector) == 3, "a must be in R3"
    skew_symm = np.array(
        [
            [+0.00, -vector[2], +vector[1]],
            [+vector[2], +0.00, -vector[0]],
            [-vector[1], +vector[0], +0.00],
        ],
        dtype=np.float32,
    )
    return skew_symm