Show that it is impossible to find a basis for the vector space ofn x n (n > 1) matrices such that each pair of elements in the basiscommutes under multiplication.

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Show that it is impossible to find a basis for the vector space of
n x n (n > 1) matrices such that each pair of elements in the basis
commutes under multiplication.

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Basis: A basis is the set of vectors of the vector space V which is linearly independent and the set spans

the whole vector space V.

We know that the set of all the n×n square matrices is the vector space under multiplication over the

field F.

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