If is a real matrix from order and it has five distinct eigen values so .
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The answer is "False" ,
For example , the matrix below has 5 distinct eigen values which are 0 , 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , but R a n k ( A ) = 4 .
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0