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Minimal polynomials of AB and BA (mAB​,mBA​)

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For square matrices A,B,
mBA​(t)∣t,mAB​(t),mAB​(t)∣t,mBA​(t).
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Indeed, (BA)k+1=B(AB)kA. Thus the two minimal polynomials have the same nonzero factors with the same multiplicities, while their powers of t differ by at most one.

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