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Jordan form on an invariant vector subspace
Let $\mathbb{F}$ be a field and $V$ an $\mathbb{F}$-vector space. Let $\operatorname{T}\in\mathrm{End}(V)$ be an $\mathbb{F}$-linear operator. It is well known that if $\dim V<\infty$ then $\...
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Proving the non-existence of canonical isomorphisms
From time to time, during my undergraduate lectures on linear algebra appears the following question from the most smart students in the class. I asked to my algebra colleagues but I have not received ...
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Totally isotropic space for bilinear pairing over ring
A duplicate of this:
Consider the following well-known inequality: Let $b$
be a non-degenerate symmetric bilinear pairing over a (finite-dimensional) $\mathbb F$-vector space $V$ and $W$
a totally ...