Let , defined by , be the map on the set of all real
functions that are differentiable for all degrees of differentiation.
i)
Show that is linear.
ii)
Give all eigenvalues of .
iii)
Find an eigenfunction of , corresponding to the eigenvalue
, i.e. a function with
.
b)
Let
be the vector space of the real polynomials
of degree , and let , defined by , be the map of
onto
itself. Find the matrix representation of with respect to the basis
.