Paper 3, Section II, E
Let be matrices over a field . We say are simultaneously diagonalisable if there exists an invertible matrix such that is diagonal for all . We say the matrices are commuting if for all .
(i) Suppose are simultaneously diagonalisable. Prove that they are commuting.
(ii) Define an eigenspace of a matrix. Suppose are commuting matrices over a field . Let denote an eigenspace of . Prove that for all .
(iii) Suppose are commuting diagonalisable matrices. Prove that they are simultaneously diagonalisable.
(iv) Are the diagonalisable matrices over simultaneously diagonalisable? Explain your answer.
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