Seems like GE on a 2x2 matrix should be pretty darn fast.... especially if you use scalar * vector type operations.

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This paper provides an analogue to the well-known theorem that commuting matrices over the complex numbers have an eigenvector in common. This analogue applies to the case where it is known only that ...