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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2002 ib Paper 2 17F ii Solution by
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For any complex , the shifted linear operator is normal: expansion of leaves just . Apply part (i) to this shifted normal operator:Hence a nonzero vector is an eigenvector of with eigenvalue if and only if it is an eigenvector of with eigenvalue . The eigenspaces coincide, with conjugate eigenvalues.
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