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True; there are exactly five. On a simple module, the central element Y acts as zero: its image is a submodule, and surjectivity would contradict Y6=0. The nilpotent central elements annihilate simple modules argument shows that the action factors through
C[X,Y]/(X5−1,Y)≅C[X]/(X5−1)≅C5
(1)
by the Chinese remainder theorem. Therefore the simple modules are one-dimensional with
X↦ζ5j​,Y↦0,j=0,…,4.​
(2)
This also rules out hypothetical infinite-dimensional simple modules, rather than counting only finite-dimensional ones.

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