Solution to Simple Matrix Equation

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If a matrix squared is equal to the original matrix, does that mean that the original matrix had to be either the zero matrix or the identity matrix?

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Not necessarily. Any diagonal matrix with ones and zeros along the diagonal will have this property.
 

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