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Find a matrix P that diagonalizes the matrix A = [ 2 0 ?2 / 0 3 0 / 0 0 3 ] and compute P ?1AP.
Solution: The characteristic equation is



for 

By 
 and 



Put 


for 


Put 
 and 


  is
an eigenvector corresponding to 
Since Algebraic multiplicity of 
 Geometric multiplicity of 
 and
Algebraic multiplicity of 
 Geometric multiplicity of 
  is
diagonalisable





