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Past exam of the mathematical methods I course of the University of Oxford 2013 8 Solution by
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The second coordinate is already an eigenvector with eigenvalue . On the first and third coordinates the characteristic polynomial isThus the full eigenvalues are . A corresponding orthonormal eigenbasis isTheir pairwise dot products vanish and each has norm one. Substitution checks and . The two-dimensional repeated eigenspace permits any orthonormal pair spanning the same plane; the displayed choice is convenient because it separates the second coordinate.
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