Spectral decomposition of a non-diagonalizable matrix.

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If a matrix is Square Normal matrix then the matrix can be decomposed as:

$\hat{A}=\sum_{i=1}^{N}\lambda_i|\psi_i><\psi_i|$

where $\lambda_i$ are the eigenvalues of the matrix and $\psi_i$ corresponding eigenvectors.

Suppose the matrix A is not diagonalizable, but is still square. The Geometric multiplicity is strictly lesser than the Algebraic multiplicity.

What kind of decomposition can be obtained for such a matrix in terms of it's eigenvalues and eigenvectors?

(I am using the bra-ket notation of quantum mechanics in this question)