Solution

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The identity gives the decomposition
The first summand lies in the kernel of a linear map , and the second in the image of a linear map . If belongs to their intersection, write ; then , while . Thus , proving the direct sum
On these two invariant subspaces, is respectively zero and the identity map. Joining a basis of each produces a basis of eigenvectors, with matrix
Hence every linear projection is diagonalizable, over the original field, including in characteristic two.

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