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I'm trying to find an eigenbasis for matrix A = $\begin{bmatrix}1&-1&1\\-1&1&-1\\1&-1&1\end{bmatrix}$ so that I can use the result to diagonalize A.

Because the characteristic equation is $\\-λ^3+3λ^2 = 0$, the eigenvalues are 0 and 3.

λ = 0 yields the eigenvectors $\begin{bmatrix}1\\1\\0\end{bmatrix}$, $\begin{bmatrix}1\\0\\-1\end{bmatrix}$, and λ = 3 yields the eigenvector $\begin{bmatrix}1\\-1\\1\end{bmatrix}$.

Is it correct that since all three eigenvectors are linearly independent, they form an eigenbasis for A? If so, how do I use that to diagonalize A?

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Jordan Normal Form, write $D$ as the diagonal matrix with the three eigenvalues and then write the columns of $P$ as the eigenvectors that correlate to those eigenvalues. – Moo Apr 6 at 1:11

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