Solution

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The three coordinate basis vectors are eigenvectors, so is diagonal in those coordinates. Exactly one coordinate is multiplied by , while the other two are fixed. The three possibilities are
They are respectively reflections in the coordinate planes , and . Each is a Householder reflection with unit normal equal to the coordinate eigenvector carrying the eigenvalue .

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