Re: another linear algebra proof check

From: "G.E. Ivey" <george.ivey@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 11 May 2005 11:09:07 EDT

Are you sure that was how the problem was worded? You have, correctly, shown that any "diagonalizable" matrix, with only one eigenvalue, CAN be written as a scalar matrix but you said to show that such a matrix IS a scalar matrix- which of course, isn't true!
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