Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2026 iii Paper 139 4 c Solution Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-24
The operator has distinct eigenvectors with eigenvalues , while . Therefore the submodules are exactlyThe character , has kernel , so and is maximal.
By part (a), the -torsion in every module is a submodule. On , and has eigenvalues . If some vanished on the -character, then . Since is the nonzero scalar given by its image modulo , subtracting a suitable constant from would produce an -torsion vector with . Submodule closure would make torsion, contradicting . ThusApply the same argument to each adjacent two-dimensional quotientwhere because . Induction gives