Show if $K$ columns of $X$, $({X_{j1}, X_{j2}...X_{jk}}) $are identical then we must have $\hat\beta_{j1},\hat\beta_{j2},...\hat\beta_{jk} $ are same in the ridge regression:
$$\hat\beta = \underset{\beta_0, \beta}{\min}({\frac{1}{2N}||y - \beta_01_N-X\beta||^2_2 + \lambda||\beta||^2_2})$$
I have been working on this problem for over 4 hours, and have absolutely no idea how to prove it. The worst part is even when I look at the solution answer, I have no idea what does it mean at all. Really need help on this problem.