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Let $A$ be a $2 × 2$-matrix with complex entries. The number of $2 × 2$-matrices $A$ with complex entries satisfying the equation $A^3 = A$ is infinite.

Is the above statement true? I know that $0$ and I are two solutions. But are there any more solutions?

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