IMC 2009 · Problem 3

Day 216th IMC · Budapest, Hungary

Statement

Let A,BMn(C)A, B \in M_n(\mathbb{C}) be two n×nn \times n matrices such that

A2B+BA2=2ABA.A^2B + BA^2 = 2ABA.

Prove that there exists a positive integer kk such that (ABBA)k=0(AB - BA)^k = 0.

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