Solution

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The third coordinate is decoupled, giving the unit eigenvector with eigenvalue . In the first two coordinates, the symmetric direction has eigenvalue , and the antisymmetric direction has eigenvalue . Their normalized forms are
They are an orthonormal basis of ; independent sign reversals are equally valid choices.

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