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Is the sum of the circulant matrix with a super upper triangular matrix diagonalizable?

By the circulant matrix $C$ in $M_n(\mathbb{R})$, we mean that $$C=[e_n|e_1|\cdots|e_{n-1}]$$ where $e_1,\cdots,e_n$ are the standard basis vectors in $\mathbb{R}^n$. It is well-known that
$$C=\mathbf{F}\operatorname{Diag}(1,w,\cdots,w^{n-1})\mathbf{F}^{-1}$$ where $\mathbf{F}$ is just the discrete Fourier matrix and $w=\exp(\frac{2\pi i}{n})$

Let $U=(u_{ij})$ be a upper triangular matrix. We say it is supper upper triangular if $u_{i, i+1}=0$.

Let $U$ be a super upper triangular if whose entries are either 0 or 1. Is $C+U$ diagonalizable?

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