Solution

ID: past-exam-of-the-algebra-course-of-the-university-of-oxford/2011/3/c/i/solution

A direct determinant computation gives
The 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, take
These are linearly independent and satisfy , , . Thus
The first summand has the chain and is an indecomposable module; the other is simple.

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