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Holomorphic function of a matrix

A statement is made below. The questions are: (a) Is the statement true? (b) If it is, does it appear in the literature? Here is the statement. For any matrix $A$ in $M_n(\mathbb C)$, write ...
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Property of an operator in a finite-dimensional vector space $V$ over $R$

Let $L: V\to V$ be an operator in a finite-dimensional vector space $V$ over $R$. For any $n \geq 0$, let $K_n = \ker (L^n)$, $I_n = \mathrm{Im}(L^n)$. (a) Prove that there exists $N$ such that ...
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Characteristic polynomials exhaust all monic polynomials?

Let $A$ be an $n\times n$ matrix, then $\mathrm{char}_A(x):=\det(xI-A)$ is a monic polynomial of degree $n$. It is called the characteristic polynomial of $A$. My question is the converse: Let ...
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Polynomial fitting - how to fit and what is _polynomial fitting_

I don't understand what is polynomial fitting. Can anyone explain me how to fit a curve to given points?
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Dimension Recovery of $S \subset P_n(F)$

How is the subset of $P_n(F)$ consisting of all polynomials $f$ such that $f(1) = 0$ a subspace of $P_n(F)$? What is the dimension of this subset?
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Multiplicative norm on $\mathbb{R}[X]$.

How to prove that : there is no function $N\colon \mathbb{R}[X] \rightarrow \mathbb{R}$, such that : $N$ is a norm of $\mathbb{R}$-vector space and $N(PQ)=N(P)N(Q)$ for all $P,Q \in \mathbb{R}[X]$. ...
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Determining Coefficients of a Finite Degree Polynomial $f$ from the Sequence $\{f(k)\}_{k \in \mathbb{N}}$

Suppose $f$ is an unknown polynomial of degree $n$ (in one indeterminate) but the sequence $\{ f(k) \}_{k \in \mathbb{N}}$ is given. It is a nice exercise to show that one needs only the first $n+1$ ...
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Is this action of $\mathbb F[[x]]$ on $\bigoplus_{i=0}^{\infty}\mathbb F$ natural?

The title of my question has a field $\mathbb F$ in it, but to make sure I'm not losing anything, I would like to introduce my question in full generality. But still, I will be happy with an answer in ...
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Proving Gauss' polynomial theorem

Let $P \in \mathbb{Z}[x], P(x) = \displaystyle\sum\limits_{j=0}^n a_j x^j, a_n \neq 0$ and $a_0 \neq 0$; if $p/q$ is a root of P (with p and q coprimes) then $p|a_0$ and $q|a_n$ I've managed to prove ...
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Minimal polynomial, determinants and invertibility

I need to prove: if a matrix $A$ is invertible, then the minimal polynomial $m_a(0) \neq 0$ There is one definition I am unsure of or need help making more clear. I will proceed with proof by ...
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Prove that $\gcd(pf,pg) = p \cdot \gcd(f,g)$ when $p,f,g$ are polynomials

How does one start proving this theory? Prove: $$\gcd(pf,pg) = p \cdot \gcd(f,g)$$ when $$p,f,g \in \mathbb F[x] \;,\;\text{The max power multiplier of $p$ is 1 (fixed polynomial)}.$$
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Linear Algebra: Minimum Polynomial

Problem Let $V$ be a finite-dimensional vector space over a field $K$ and let $T$ be a linear transformation of $V$ to itself. We define the minimum polynomial $m(x)$ of $T$. Suppose that ...