Solution

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Write for a size- Jordan block. The characteristic polynomial fixes the total dimensions at and , while the minimal polynomial fixes the largest Jordan block at each eigenvalue. Consequently, the blocks for have total size four, largest size two, and at least one size-two block. The blocks for both have size one. The complete list, up to similarity, is
These Jordan normal forms are inequivalent because their -eigenspaces have different dimensions, two and three.

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