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Exercise 4

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Find the minimal polynomial of each matrix.

  • (a)  (300130004)\begin{pmatrix}3&0&0\\ 1&3&0\\ 0&0&4\end{pmatrix}     (b)  (300130003)\begin{pmatrix}3&0&0\\ 1&3&0\\ 0&0&3\end{pmatrix}     (c)  (300130013)\begin{pmatrix}3&0&0\\ 1&3&0\\ 0&1&3\end{pmatrix}     (d)  (201062002)\begin{pmatrix}2&0&1\\ 0&6&2\\ 0&0&2\end{pmatrix}     (e)  (221062002)\begin{pmatrix}2&2&1\\ 0&6&2\\ 0&0&2\end{pmatrix}     (f)  (−14000030000−4−1003−9−42−115414)\begin{pmatrix}-1&4&0&0&0\\ 0&3&0&0&0\\ 0&-4&-1&0&0\\ 3&-9&-4&2&-1\\ 1&5&4&1&4\end{pmatrix}

Hefferon, Linear Algebra, Similarity, Polynomials of Maps and Matrices, Exercise 4

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