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Past exam of the algebra course of the University of Oxford 2011 3 c i Solution by
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A direct determinant computation givesThe zero eigenvalue has algebraic multiplicity two but a one-dimensional eigenspace, so it gives one Jordan block of size two. The other block is . For an explicit Jordan basis, takeThese are linearly independent and satisfy , , . ThusThe first summand has the chain and is an indecomposable module; the other is simple.
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