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Under what conditions does Y became an eigenfunction of A?

Suppose that O1 and O2 are eigenfunctions of a linear operator A with eigenvalues a1 and a2, respectively, and that we construct a linear combination Y=C1O1 + C2O2.  Under what conditions does Y became an eigenfunction of A?  Show reasoning.

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