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MatrixPower

Usage

• MatrixPower[mat, n] gives the n matrix power of mat.


Notes

• MatrixPower[mat, n] effectively evaluates the product of a matrix with itself n times.
• When n is negative, MatrixPower finds powers of the inverse of mat.
• MatrixPower works only on square matrices.
• MatrixPower can be used on SparseArray objects.
• See Section 3.7.7.
• See also: Dot, MatrixExp.
• New in Version 2.
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