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If a square matrix A is diagonalizable, it must have n linearly independent what?

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Eigenvectors

A matrix A is diagonalizable if there exists an invertible matrix P such that P⁻¹AP = D. This occurs if and only if the sum of the dimensions of its eigenspaces equals n.

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