Transforming polynomials

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Consider the set PP of all polynomials of degree at most 22:

P={ax2+bx+c:a,b,cR}P = \{ a x^2 +bx +c: a, b,c \in \mathbb{R} \}You can easily prove that this set is a vector space with the following sum and product by a scalar. If p(x)=a1x2+b1x+c1p(x)= a_1 x^2 + b_1 x + c_1 and q(x)=a2x2+b2x+c2q(x)= a_2 x^2 + b_2 x + c_2 are in PP, then:p(x)+q(x)=(a1+a2)x2+(b1+b2)x+c1+c2p(x) + q(x) = (a_1 +a_2)x^2 + (b_1+b_2)x + c_1 +c_2λp(x)=(λa1)x2+(λb1)x+λc1\lambda p(x) = (\lambda a_1) x^2 + (\lambda b_1)x + \lambda c_1

Let us say that T:PPT: \, P\rightarrow P is given by T(p(x))=5p(x)T(p(x)) = 5 \, p(x)
Determine the null space of TT

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