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JEE Main2026Jan 21, Shift 1Mathematics
Q.

For some , let and be such that . Then is equal to ………

Solution

By Cayley–Hamilton, satisfies its characteristic polynomial . Matching gives , so . Matching gives , so .

Use the relations to reduce and to linear combinations of and :

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, .

For a matrix , . So .

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