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Systems of Differential Equations · Challenge problem

How many 2×22\times2 matrices AA with every entry in {−2,−1,0,1,2}\{-2,-1,0,1,2\} have a repeated eigenvalue but only one linearly independent eigenvector (so that x′=Ax\mathbf x'=A\mathbf x needs a generalized eigenvector)?