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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2005 iii Paper 4 5 ii Solution by
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For the nilpotent matrix , define the polynomial . Because , differentiating gives . The derivative of the preserved bilinear form matrix is thereforeIt is a constant matrix polynomial, equal to at . Evaluation at one provesAlso is the inverse of by the finite exponential product identity, so this really is an invertible isometry, even when is degenerate.
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