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linear_algebra.eigenspace.is_alg_closed

Eigenvectors and eigenvalues over algebraically closed fields. #

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eigenspace, eigenvector, eigenvalue, eigen

theorem module.End.exists_eigenvalue {K : Type v} {V : Type w} [field K] [add_comm_group V] [module K V] [is_alg_closed K] [finite_dimensional K V] [nontrivial V] (f : module.End K V) :
(c : K), f.has_eigenvalue c

Every linear operator on a vector space over an algebraically closed field has an eigenvalue.

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The generalized eigenvectors span the entire vector space (Lemma 8.21 of [Axl15]).