Show that for a field F, the set S of all matrices of the form for a,

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Show that for a field F, the set S of all matrices of the form 


for a, b ∈ F is a right ideal but not a left ideal of M2(F). That is, show that S is a subring closed under multiplication on the right by any element of M2(F), but is not closed under left multiplication.

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