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QUESTION Find a $2\times 2$ matrix $A$ with no zero entries but
with $A^2=0$.

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ANSWER

Any matrix of the form $$A=\left[\begin{array}{cc}a&b\\
-\frac{a^2}{b}&-a\end{array} \right]$$ satisfies $A^2=0$.


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