Paper 4, Section II, G

Linear Algebra
Part IB, 2011

Let VV be an nn-dimensional R\mathbb{R}-vector space and f,g:VVf, g: V \rightarrow V linear transformations. Suppose ff is invertible and diagonalisable, and fg=t(gf)f \circ g=t \cdot(g \circ f) for some real number t>1t>1.

(i) Show that gg is nilpotent, i.e. some positive power of gg is 0 .

(ii) Suppose that there is a non-zero vector vVv \in V with f(v)=vf(v)=v and gn1(v)0g^{n-1}(v) \neq 0. Determine the diagonal form of ff.