Exercise 8.C.1

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Proof. Because

4 = dim 4 = dim G(3,T) + dim G(5,T) + dim G(8,T),

it follows that the multiplicities of the eigenvalues of T are at most 2. Thus p(z) = (z 3)2(z 5)2(z 8)2 is a polynomial multiple of the characteristic polynomial. Therefore, we must have p(T) = 0. □

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