Is there an inner product such that $T$ is normal?

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Is there an inner product over $\Bbb C^2$ such that the linear transformation $T: \Bbb C^2 \to \Bbb C^2$ defined by the matrix $ \begin{pmatrix} 1 & 1 \\ 0 & 1 \end{pmatrix} $ is normal in respect to it?

I tried to use the spectral thorem, and I found out that $T$ is not diagonalizable. Does that mean there is no such inner product?

Same goes over $\Bbb R$, and the linear transformation $T:\Bbb R^2 \to \Bbb R^2$ defined by $ \begin{pmatrix} 1 & 1 \\ -1 & 1 \end{pmatrix} $ . In this case I found that there are no real eigen values, so same as before, is it true that there is no such inner product?

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No, there is no such inner product. If there was, it would follow from the spectral theorem that $T$ would be diagonalizable. This is about your first $T$.