Solution

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Consider the real polynomial
The hypothesis says , so is not identically zero. A nonzero polynomial has only finitely many roots, whereas is infinite. Hence there is a real with
Thus is invertible, as summarized by the real parameter avoiding a singular matrix pencil.

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