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= Solution

For the transpose shift, $(Cu)_1=0$ and $(Cu)_i=u_{i-1}$ for $i\ge2$. If $Cu=\lambda u$, the first equation and the subsequent recurrence force every component to vanish, both for $\lambda=0$ and for $\lambda\ne0$. Thus $C$ has no <eigenvalues>, illustrating that a bounded infinite-dimensional operator need not have one.

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