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Burnside matrix-algebra theorem (A⊆EndC​(V),V irreducible ⟹ A=EndC​(V))

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For a nonzero finite-dimensional complex vector space V, a unital matrix algebra acting irreducibly on V is the full endomorphism algebra. Its Jacobson radical annihilates V: otherwise the radical times V is all of V, contradicting nilpotence. Faithfulness kills the radical, and the Artin–Wedderburn theorem then leaves one simple matrix factor acting on its standard column module. This is a matrix-algebra theorem, distinct from the orbit-counting Burnside lemma and the finite-group Burnside's theorem.

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  • Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge / 2013 / iii / Paper 5 / 1 / a / Solution

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