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Putnam 2015 A6

  • Session A

Let nn be a positive integer. Suppose that AA, BB, and MM are n×nn\times n matrices with real entries such that AM=MBAM = MB, and such that AA and BB have the same characteristic polynomial. Prove that det⁡(A−MX)=det⁡(B−XM)\det(A-MX) = \det(B-XM) for every n×nn\times n matrix XX with real entries.

Curated text Kedlaya Putnam archive. Quoted with source.

Solutions

Human solution Solution 1 by Manjul Bhargava, Kiran Kedlaya and Lenny Ng

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