How to Find the Coordinate Transformation that Diagonalizes a Quadratic Form?

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Hello, I was wondering how one would go about finding the coordinate transformation that diagonalizes:
2(x1)^2+2(x2)^2+(x3)^2+2(x1)(x3)+2(x2)(x3)

Thanks a bunch.
 
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maybe just a tip on how to organize the above equation in the form of a matrix.