The product states , , are exact eigenvectors, with
Thus the energies attached to are respectively
In the ordered basis ,
and are their transposes, and
For , the eigenspaces of energies and are each two-dimensional because is free. Degenerate perturbation theory requires diagonalizing within each space. It is already diagonal in the product basis, with eigenvalues . Therefore the first-order eigenvectors remain
and their energies are , respectively. These are the exact answers, so all higher corrections vanish.

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