Exercise 5.A.19

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Proof. Suppose λ is an eigenvalue of T. Then

λ(x1,,xn) = (x1 + + xn,,x1 + + xn).

That implies xk = 1 λ(x1 + + x n) for each k = 1,,n. Hence all the x’s are equal. Therefore λ = n and the corresponding eigenvectors are those which all entries equal to each other. Since every eigenvector of T must satisfy such property and eigenvectors corresponding to distinct eigenvalues are linearly independent, it follows that T has no other eigenvalues. □

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