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"Spectral decomposition" action on the unitary group

Consider a matrix $U$ from the unitary group $U_N(\mathbb{C})$ and consider the map $f:U_N(\mathbb{C})\rightarrow U_N(\mathbb{C})$ where $f(U)$ is the matrix of the eigenvectors of $U$. What is ...
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Periodic matrices in SL(3,Z)

Periodic matrices in SL(3,Z) will be conjugated to product of periodic matrices in SL(2,Z) by +- indentity on a third integer direction. Is this true? Sorry, following your comments, maybe ...