Solution

ID: past-exam-of-the-mathematics-course-of-the-university-of-cambridge/2022/ib/paper-3/9f/b/solution

If for nonzero , then
so is an eigenvalue. Let . Since , the three factors of
are pairwise coprime. The kernel decomposition for coprime polynomials therefore gives
where an absent eigenspace is interpreted as zero.

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