Use the complex-linear Hodge star operator on the direct sum of all form degrees. Its square on degree is . In positive odd dimension this is always one; in positive even dimension its sign is positive on even-degree forms and negative on odd-degree forms. Complementary basis wedges provide both roots of each sign, so the displayed eigenvalues all occur. On a single degree the Hodge star operator is an endomorphism only in middle degree; on middle degree in dimension its possible eigenvalues are for even and for odd .
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