Exercise 5.A.32

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Proof. Let D denote the differentiation operator on the vector space of real-valued functions on . Note that

Deλjx = λ jeλjx

for each j = 1,,n. Then eλ1x,,eλnx are eigenvectors corresponding to distinct eigenvalues. 5.10 now implies that they are linearly independent. □

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