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15.2.6  Powers of a square matrix

The matpow command finds the power of a square matrix, computed using the Jordan form.

Example

matpow([[1,2],[2,1]],n)
     
⎡
⎢
⎢
⎢
⎢
⎢
⎢
⎢
⎣
3n+⎛
⎝
−1⎞
⎠
n
2
3n−⎛
⎝
−1⎞
⎠
n
2
3n−⎛
⎝
−1⎞
⎠
n
2
3n+⎛
⎝
−1⎞
⎠
n
2
⎤
⎥
⎥
⎥
⎥
⎥
⎥
⎥
⎦
          

Note:

jordan([[1,2],[2,1]])
     
⎡
⎢
⎣
1−1
11
⎤
⎥
⎦
,
⎡
⎢
⎣
30
0−1
⎤
⎥
⎦
          

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