Solution

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For the upper triangular matrix , direct matrix multiplication gives
The real diagonal entries are therefore . Their off-diagonal multiplier is , so . A required matrix is
It is the unique real upper triangular cube root. Allowing complex diagonal cube roots produces other complex matrices; uniqueness is asserted only over the real numbers.

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