JEE Advanced 2016 Mathematics question

MathematicsComplex NumbersJEE Advanced 2016

Let , where , and . Let and be the identity matrix of order 2. Then the total number of ordered pairs for which is

Answer: 1

Solution

(a cube root of unity). . Off-diagonal entries vanish only if , i.e. is odd:

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