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Hint: The geometric multiplicity of an eigenvalue is always at most the algebraic multiplicity.What is the eigenspace corresponding to the eigenvalue $0$?
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Prove that $A$, a matrix of rank $3$, can't have characteristic polynomial of $p(x) = x^7 - x^5 + x^3$My attempt to contradict:Because of that characteristic polynomial, the matrix must be a $7 \times...
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