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No. In characteristic three, . This is still the minimal polynomial, because the three cyclic basis vectors remain independent. Its repeated factor violates the minimal polynomial criterion for diagonalizability. Equivalently, the only possible eigenvalue is one; a diagonalizable matrix with that sole eigenvalue would be the identity matrix, whereas this matrix is not the identity.
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