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Linear operator From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In mathematics, a linear operator T : V → V on a vector space V is semisimple if every T-invariant subspace has a complementary T-invariant subspace.[1] If T is a semisimple linear operator on V, then V is a semisimple representation of T. Equivalently, a linear operator is semisimple if its minimal polynomial is a product of distinct irreducible polynomials.[2]
A linear operator on a finite-dimensional vector space over an algebraically closed field is semisimple if and only if it is diagonalizable.[1][3]
Over a perfect field, the Jordan–Chevalley decomposition expresses an endomorphism as a sum of a semisimple endomorphism s and a nilpotent endomorphism n such that both s and n are polynomials in x.
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