4.II.10G

Linear Algebra | Part IB, 2007

(i) State and prove the Cayley-Hamilton theorem for square complex matrices.

(ii) A square matrix AA is of order nn for a strictly positive integer nn if An=IA^{n}=I and no smaller positive power of AA is equal to II.

Determine the order of a complex 2×22 \times 2 matrix AA of trace zero and determinant 1 .

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