Solution

ID: past-exam-of-the-algebra-analysis-and-differential-equations-2-course-of-the-university-of-oxford/2004/2/iii/solution

Assume condition (iii), and factor . If some , the primary decomposition theorem gives the nonzero summand on which the minimal polynomial is exactly . The operator cannot vanish on this whole summand, or its restriction would have minimal polynomial dividing . Choose with . Then
contradicting (iii) with and . Hence every , proving (iii) implies (ii).

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