Rank and nullity of projection onto one vector
Question
For a non-zero , let be the projection onto the line through . Let be its rank and its nullity. The quantity is a polynomial with integer coefficients; give .
Short answer
. Every output is a multiple of and , so the rank is and, by rank-nullity, the nullity is . Then , so .
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