grandes-ecoles 2018 Q22
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Let $M$ be in $\mathcal{M}_n(\mathbb{C})$. We assume that $f_M$ is diagonalizable. We denote by $(\lambda_1, \ldots, \lambda_n)$ its eigenvalues (not necessarily distinct) and by $(e_1, \ldots, e_n)$ a basis of eigenvectors associated with these eigenvalues. Let $u = \sum_{i=1}^{n} u_i e_i$ be a vector of $\mathbb{C}^n$ where $(u_1, \ldots, u_n)$ are $n$ complex numbers.
Give a necessary and sufficient condition on $(u_1, \ldots, u_n, \lambda_1, \ldots, \lambda_n)$ for $(u, f_M(u), \ldots, f_M^{n-1}(u))$ to be a basis of $\mathbb{C}^n$.