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Let A be an n × n matrix, v a column vector, and suppose {v, Av,...

Let A be an n × n matrix, v a column vector, and suppose {v, Av, . . . , An−1v} is linearly independent. Prove that if B is any matrix that commutes with A, then B is a polynomial in A.

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