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= Solution

The <characteristic polynomial> $\chi_A(t)=\det(tI-A)$ has degree $n$. By the <fundamental theorem of algebra>, it has a complex root $\lambda$. Hence
$$
\det(\lambda I-A)=0,
$$
so $\lambda I-A$ has a nonzero kernel. Any nonzero $v$ in that kernel satisfies
$$
Av=\lambda v.
$$
\b[Thus $\lambda$ is an <eigenvalue> and $v$ is a corresponding <eigenvector>.]

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