The formula in Problem 29 can be used to compute A 2 without an explicit matrix multiplication.

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The formula in Problem 29 can be used to compute A2 without an explicit matrix multiplication. It follows that


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without an explicit matrix multiplication


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and so on. Use this method to compute A2, A3, A4, and A5 given


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Problems 28 through 30 develop a method of computing powers of a square matrix.



Problem 29


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where I denotes the 2 x 2 identity matrix. Thus every 2 x 2 matrix A satisfies the equation


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Differential Equations And Linear Algebra

ISBN: 9780134497181

4th Edition

Authors: C. Edwards, David Penney, David Calvis

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