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3.3 The minimum polynomial
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Definition. A minimum polynomial for \(\phi \in L(V)\), \(V\) a vector space over \(\F \) is a monic polynomial \(p\in \F [x]\) of minimum degree with \(p(\phi )=0\): thus, if \(r\in \F [x]\) has \(r(\phi )=0\) and \(\deg r< \deg p\), then \(r=0\).
Similarly, a minimum polynomial for \(A\in M_n(\F )\) is a monic polynomial \(p\) of least degree with \(p(A)=0\).