 Singular endomorphism has a nonzero two-sided annihilator (source code)

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= Singular endomorphism has a nonzero two-sided annihilator
{title2=$TS=ST=0,\quad S\ne0$}

Let $T$ be a singular <endomorphism> of a finite-dimensional <vector space>. Choose $0\ne u\in\ker T$ and a nonzero <linear functional> $\lambda$ vanishing on $\operatorname{im}T$, possible because that <image of a linear map> is proper. Then $S(x)=\lambda(x)u$ is a nonzero rank-one <endomorphism> with $TS=ST=0$.

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