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If A and B don't commute are there counterexamples that AB is diagonalizable but BA not?



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    If $AB=BA$ then $AB$, $BA$ are either both diagonalisable or neither is diagonalisable. I hope that's obvious.
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    @LordSharktheUnknown They are asking what can happen if $AB neq BA$.
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If A and B don't commute are there counterexamples that AB is diagonalizable but BA not?



I read that if AB=BA then both AB and BA are diagonalizable.










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    If $AB=BA$ then $AB$, $BA$ are either both diagonalisable or neither is diagonalisable. I hope that's obvious.
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    @LordSharktheUnknown They are asking what can happen if $AB neq BA$.
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If A and B don't commute are there counterexamples that AB is diagonalizable but BA not?



I read that if AB=BA then both AB and BA are diagonalizable.










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If A and B don't commute are there counterexamples that AB is diagonalizable but BA not?



I read that if AB=BA then both AB and BA are diagonalizable.







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    If $AB=BA$ then $AB$, $BA$ are either both diagonalisable or neither is diagonalisable. I hope that's obvious.
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    – Lord Shark the Unknown
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    @LordSharktheUnknown They are asking what can happen if $AB neq BA$.
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  • $begingroup$
    If $AB=BA$ then $AB$, $BA$ are either both diagonalisable or neither is diagonalisable. I hope that's obvious.
    $endgroup$
    – Lord Shark the Unknown
    2 hours ago










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    @LordSharktheUnknown They are asking what can happen if $AB neq BA$.
    $endgroup$
    – kccu
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If $AB=BA$ then $AB$, $BA$ are either both diagonalisable or neither is diagonalisable. I hope that's obvious.
$endgroup$
– Lord Shark the Unknown
2 hours ago




$begingroup$
If $AB=BA$ then $AB$, $BA$ are either both diagonalisable or neither is diagonalisable. I hope that's obvious.
$endgroup$
– Lord Shark the Unknown
2 hours ago












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@LordSharktheUnknown They are asking what can happen if $AB neq BA$.
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– kccu
1 hour ago




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@LordSharktheUnknown They are asking what can happen if $AB neq BA$.
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