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In
mathematics Mathematics is an area of knowledge that includes the topics of numbers, formulas and related structures, shapes and the spaces in which they are contained, and quantities and their changes. These topics are represented in modern mathematics ...
, the matrix exponential is a
matrix function In mathematics, every analytic function can be used for defining a matrix function that maps square matrices with complex entries to square matrices of the same size. This is used for defining the exponential of a matrix, which is involved in th ...
on
square matrices In mathematics, a square matrix is a matrix with the same number of rows and columns. An ''n''-by-''n'' matrix is known as a square matrix of order Any two square matrices of the same order can be added and multiplied. Square matrices are often ...
analogous to the ordinary
exponential function The exponential function is a mathematical function denoted by f(x)=\exp(x) or e^x (where the argument is written as an exponent). Unless otherwise specified, the term generally refers to the positive-valued function of a real variable, a ...
. It is used to solve systems of linear differential equations. In the theory of Lie groups, the matrix exponential gives the exponential map between a matrix
Lie algebra In mathematics, a Lie algebra (pronounced ) is a vector space \mathfrak g together with an Binary operation, operation called the Lie bracket, an Alternating multilinear map, alternating bilinear map \mathfrak g \times \mathfrak g \rightarrow ...
and the corresponding
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. Let be an
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or
complex Complex commonly refers to: * Complexity, the behaviour of a system whose components interact in multiple ways so possible interactions are difficult to describe ** Complex system, a system composed of many components which may interact with each ...
matrix Matrix most commonly refers to: * ''The Matrix'' (franchise), an American media franchise ** ''The Matrix'', a 1999 science-fiction action film ** "The Matrix", a fictional setting, a virtual reality environment, within ''The Matrix'' (franchis ...
. The exponential of , denoted by or , is the matrix given by the
power series In mathematics, a power series (in one variable) is an infinite series of the form \sum_^\infty a_n \left(x - c\right)^n = a_0 + a_1 (x - c) + a_2 (x - c)^2 + \dots where ''an'' represents the coefficient of the ''n''th term and ''c'' is a const ...
e^X = \sum_^\infty \frac X^k where X^0 is defined to be the identity matrix I with the same dimensions as X. The above series always converges, so the exponential of is well-defined. If is a 1×1 matrix the matrix exponential of is a 1×1 matrix whose single element is the ordinary
exponential Exponential may refer to any of several mathematical topics related to exponentiation, including: *Exponential function, also: **Matrix exponential, the matrix analogue to the above * Exponential decay, decrease at a rate proportional to value *Exp ...
of the single element of .


Properties


Elementary properties

Let and be complex matrices and let and be arbitrary complex numbers. We denote the
identity matrix In linear algebra, the identity matrix of size n is the n\times n square matrix with ones on the main diagonal and zeros elsewhere. Terminology and notation The identity matrix is often denoted by I_n, or simply by I if the size is immaterial o ...
by and the
zero matrix In mathematics, particularly linear algebra, a zero matrix or null matrix is a matrix all of whose entries are zero. It also serves as the additive identity of the additive group of m \times n matrices, and is denoted by the symbol O or 0 followed ...
by 0. The matrix exponential satisfies the following properties. We begin with the properties that are immediate consequences of the definition as a power series: * * , where denotes the
transpose In linear algebra, the transpose of a matrix is an operator which flips a matrix over its diagonal; that is, it switches the row and column indices of the matrix by producing another matrix, often denoted by (among other notations). The tr ...
of . * , where denotes the
conjugate transpose In mathematics, the conjugate transpose, also known as the Hermitian transpose, of an m \times n complex matrix \boldsymbol is an n \times m matrix obtained by transposing \boldsymbol and applying complex conjugate on each entry (the complex con ...
of . * If is
invertible In mathematics, the concept of an inverse element generalises the concepts of opposite () and reciprocal () of numbers. Given an operation denoted here , and an identity element denoted , if , one says that is a left inverse of , and that is ...
then The next key result is this one: * If XY=YX then e^Xe^Y=e^. The proof of this identity is the same as the standard power-series argument for the corresponding identity for the exponential of real numbers. That is to say, ''as long as X and Y commute'', it makes no difference to the argument whether X and Y are numbers or matrices. It is important to note that this identity typically does not hold if X and Y do not commute (see Golden-Thompson inequality below). Consequences of the preceding identity are the following: * * Using the above results, we can easily verify the following claims. If is
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then is also symmetric, and if is skew-symmetric then is
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. If is
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then is also Hermitian, and if is
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then is
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. Finally, a
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of matrix exponentials amounts to the resolvent, \int_0^\infty e^e^\,dt = (sI - X)^ for all sufficiently large positive values of .


Linear differential equation systems

One of the reasons for the importance of the matrix exponential is that it can be used to solve systems of linear
ordinary differential equations In mathematics, an ordinary differential equation (ODE) is a differential equation whose unknown(s) consists of one (or more) function(s) of one variable and involves the derivatives of those functions. The term ''ordinary'' is used in contrast w ...
. The solution of \frac y(t) = Ay(t), \quad y(0) = y_0, where is a constant matrix, is given by y(t) = e^ y_0. The matrix exponential can also be used to solve the inhomogeneous equation \frac y(t) = Ay(t) + z(t), \quad y(0) = y_0. See the section on
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below for examples. There is no closed-form solution for differential equations of the form \frac y(t) = A(t) \, y(t), \quad y(0) = y_0, where is not constant, but the
Magnus series In mathematics and physics, the Magnus expansion, named after Wilhelm Magnus (1907–1990), provides an exponential representation of the solution of a first-order homogeneous linear differential equation for a linear operator. In particular, it fur ...
gives the solution as an infinite sum.


The determinant of the matrix exponential

By
Jacobi's formula In matrix calculus, Jacobi's formula expresses the derivative of the determinant of a matrix ''A'' in terms of the adjugate of ''A'' and the derivative of ''A''., Part Three, Section 8.3 If is a differentiable map from the real numbers to mat ...
, for any complex square matrix the following
trace identity In mathematics, a trace identity is any equation involving the trace of a matrix. Properties Trace identities are invariant under simultaneous conjugation. Uses They are frequently used in the invariant theory of n \times n matrices to find th ...
holds: In addition to providing a computational tool, this formula demonstrates that a matrix exponential is always an
invertible matrix In linear algebra, an -by- square matrix is called invertible (also nonsingular or nondegenerate), if there exists an -by- square matrix such that :\mathbf = \mathbf = \mathbf_n \ where denotes the -by- identity matrix and the multiplicati ...
. This follows from the fact that the right hand side of the above equation is always non-zero, and so , which implies that must be invertible. In the real-valued case, the formula also exhibits the map \exp \colon M_n(\R) \to \mathrm(n, \R) to not be
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, in contrast to the complex case mentioned earlier. This follows from the fact that, for real-valued matrices, the right-hand side of the formula is always positive, while there exist invertible matrices with a negative determinant.


Real symmetric matrices

The matrix exponential of a real symmetric matrix is positive definite. Let S be an real symmetric matrix and x \in \R^n a column vector. Using the elementary properties of the matrix exponential and of symmetric matrices, we have: x^Te^Sx=x^Te^e^x=x^T(e^)^Te^x =(e^x)^Te^x=\lVert e^x\rVert^2\geq 0. Since e^ is invertible, the equality only holds for x=0, and we have x^Te^Sx > 0 for all non-zero x. Hence e^S is positive definite.


The exponential of sums

For any real numbers (scalars) and we know that the exponential function satisfies . The same is true for commuting matrices. If matrices and commute (meaning that ), then, e^ = e^Xe^Y. However, for matrices that do not commute the above equality does not necessarily hold.


The Lie product formula

Even if and do not commute, the exponential can be computed by the
Lie product formula In mathematics, the Lie product formula, named for Sophus Lie (1875), but also widely called the Trotter product formula, named after Hale Trotter, states that for arbitrary ''m'' × ''m'' real or complex matrices ''A'' and ''B'', :e^ = \li ...
e^ = \lim_ \left(e^e^\right)^n. Using a large finite to approximate the above is basis of the Suzuki-Trotter expansion, often used in numerical time evolution.


The Baker–Campbell–Hausdorff formula

In the other direction, if and are sufficiently small (but not necessarily commuting) matrices, we have e^Xe^Y = e^Z, where may be computed as a series in
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Inequalities for exponentials of Hermitian matrices

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 of matrix exponentials. If and are Hermitian matrices, then \operatorname\exp(A + B) \leq \operatorname\left[\exp(A)\exp(B)\right]. There is no requirement of commutativity. There are counterexamples to show that the Golden–Thompson inequality cannot be extended to three matrices – and, in any event, is not guaranteed to be real for Hermitian , , . However, Lieb proved that it can be generalized to three matrices if we modify the expression as follows \operatorname\exp(A + B + C) \leq \int_0^\infty \mathrmt\, \operatorname\left ^A\left(e^ + t\right)^e^C \left(e^ + t\right)^\right


The exponential map

The exponential of a matrix is always an
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. The inverse matrix of is given by . This is analogous to the fact that the exponential of a complex number is always nonzero. The matrix exponential then gives us a map \exp \colon M_n(\Complex) \to \mathrm(n, \Complex) from the space of all ''n''×''n'' matrices to the
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of degree , i.e. the
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of all ''n''×''n'' invertible matrices. In fact, this map is
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which means that every invertible matrix can be written as the exponential of some other matrix (for this, it is essential to consider the field C of complex numbers and not R). For any two matrices and , \left\, e^ - e^X\right\, \le \, Y\, e^ e^, where denotes an arbitrary
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. It follows that the exponential map is
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and
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on
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subsets of . The map t \mapsto e^, \qquad t \in \R defines a
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curve in the general linear group which passes through the identity element at . In fact, this gives a
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of the general linear group since e^e^ = e^. The derivative of this curve (or
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) at a point ''t'' is given by The derivative at is just the matrix ''X'', which is to say that ''X'' generates this one-parameter subgroup. More generally, for a generic -dependent exponent, , Taking the above expression outside the integral sign and expanding the integrand with the help of the Hadamard lemma one can obtain the following useful expression for the derivative of the matrix exponent, \left(\frace^\right)e^ = \fracX(t) + \frac \left (t), \fracX(t)\right+ \frac \left (t),_\left[X(t),_\fracX(t)\rightright.html" ;"title="(t),_\fracX(t)\right.html" ;"title="(t), \left[X(t), \fracX(t)\right">(t), \left[X(t), \fracX(t)\rightright">(t),_\fracX(t)\right.html" ;"title="(t), \left[X(t), \fracX(t)\right">(t), \left[X(t), \fracX(t)\rightright+ \cdots The coefficients in the expression above are different from what appears in the exponential. For a closed form, see derivative of the exponential map.


Directional derivatives when restricted to Hermitian matrices

Let X be a n \times n Hermitian matrix with distinct eigenvalues. Let X = E \textrm(\Lambda) E^* be its eigen-decomposition where E is a unitary matrix whose columns are the eigenvectors of X, E^* is its conjugate transpose, and \Lambda = \left(\lambda_1, \ldots, \lambda_n\right) the vector of corresponding eigenvalues. Then, for any n \times n Hermitian matrix V, the
directional derivative In mathematics, the directional derivative of a multivariable differentiable (scalar) function along a given vector v at a given point x intuitively represents the instantaneous rate of change of the function, moving through x with a velocity s ...
of \exp: X \to e^X at X in the direction V is See Theorem 3.3. See Propositions 1 and 2. D \exp (X) \triangleq \lim_ \frac \left(\displaystyle e^ - e^ \right) = E(G \odot \bar) E^* where \bar = E^* V E, the operator \odot denotes the Hadamard product, and, for all 1 \leq i, j \leq n, the matrix G is defined as G_ = \left\{\begin{align} & \frac{e^{\lambda_i} - e^{\lambda_j{\lambda_i - \lambda_j} & \text{ if } i \neq j,\\ & e^{\lambda_i} & \text{ otherwise}.\\ \end{align}\right. In addition, for any n \times n Hermitian matrix U, the second directional derivative in directions U and V is D^2 \exp (X)
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\triangleq \lim_{\epsilon_u \to 0} \lim_{\epsilon_v \to 0} \frac{1}{4 \epsilon_u \epsilon_v} \left(\displaystyle e^{X + \epsilon_u U + \epsilon_v V} - e^{X - \epsilon_u U + \epsilon_v V} - e^{X + \epsilon_u U - \epsilon_v V} + e^{X - \epsilon_u U - \epsilon_v V} \right) = E F(U, V) E^* where the matrix-valued function F is defined, for all 1 \leq i, j \leq n, as F(U, V)_{i,j} = \sum_{k=1}^n \phi_{i,j,k}(\bar{U}_{ik}\bar{V}_{jk}^* + \bar{V}_{ik}\bar{U}_{jk}^*) with \phi_{i,j,k} = \left\{\begin{align} & \frac{G_{ik} - G_{jk{\lambda_i - \lambda_j} & \text{ if } i \ne j,\\ & \frac{G_{ii} - G_{ik{\lambda_i - \lambda_k} & \text{ if } i = j \text{ and } k \ne i,\\ & \frac{G_{ii{2} & \text{ if } i = j = k.\\ \end{align}\right.


Computing the matrix exponential

Finding reliable and accurate methods to compute the matrix exponential is difficult, and this is still a topic of considerable current research in mathematics and numerical analysis.
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,
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, and
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all use the
Padé approximant In mathematics, a Padé approximant is the "best" approximation of a function near a specific point by a rational function of given order. Under this technique, the approximant's power series agrees with the power series of the function it is ap ...
. In this section, we discuss methods that are applicable in principle to any matrix, and which can be carried out explicitly for small matrices. Subsequent sections describe methods suitable for numerical evaluation on large matrices.


Diagonalizable case

If a matrix is
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: A = \begin{bmatrix} a_1 & 0 & \cdots & 0 \\ 0 & a_2 & \cdots & 0 \\ \vdots & \vdots & \ddots & \vdots \\ 0 & 0 & \cdots & a_n \end{bmatrix} , then its exponential can be obtained by exponentiating each entry on the main diagonal: e^A = \begin{bmatrix} e^{a_1} & 0 & \cdots & 0 \\ 0 & e^{a_2} & \cdots & 0 \\ \vdots & \vdots & \ddots & \vdots \\ 0 & 0 & \cdots & e^{a_n} \end{bmatrix} . This result also allows one to exponentiate
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. If and is diagonal, then Application of
Sylvester's formula In matrix theory, Sylvester's formula or Sylvester's matrix theorem (named after J. J. Sylvester) or Lagrange−Sylvester interpolation expresses an analytic function of a matrix as a polynomial in , in terms of the eigenvalues and eigenvectors ...
yields the same result. (To see this, note that addition and multiplication, hence also exponentiation, of diagonal matrices is equivalent to element-wise addition and multiplication, and hence exponentiation; in particular, the "one-dimensional" exponentiation is felt element-wise for the diagonal case.)


Example : Diagonalizable

For example, the matrix A = \begin{bmatrix} 1 & 4\\ 1 & 1\\ \end{bmatrix} can be diagonalized as \begin{bmatrix} -2 & 2\\ 1 & 1\\ \end{bmatrix}\begin{bmatrix} -1 & 0\\ 0 & 3\\ \end{bmatrix}\begin{bmatrix} -2 & 2\\ 1 & 1\\ \end{bmatrix}^{-1}. Thus, e^A = \begin{bmatrix} -2 & 2\\ 1 & 1\\ \end{bmatrix}e^\begin{bmatrix} -1 & 0\\ 0 & 3\\ \end{bmatrix}\begin{bmatrix} -2 & 2\\ 1 & 1\\ \end{bmatrix}^{-1}=\begin{bmatrix} -2 & 2\\ 1 & 1\\ \end{bmatrix}\begin{bmatrix} \frac{1}{e} & 0\\ 0 & e^3\\ \end{bmatrix}\begin{bmatrix} -2 & 2\\ 1 & 1\\ \end{bmatrix}^{-1} = \begin{bmatrix} \frac{e^4+1}{2e} & \frac{e^4-1}{e}\\ \frac{e^4-1}{4e} & \frac{e^4+1}{2e}\\ \end{bmatrix}.


Nilpotent case

A matrix is
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if for some integer ''q''. In this case, the matrix exponential can be computed directly from the series expansion, as the series terminates after a finite number of terms: e^N = I + N + \frac{1}{2}N^2 + \frac{1}{6}N^3 + \cdots + \frac{1}{(q - 1)!}N^{q-1} ~. Since the series has a finite number of steps, it is a matrix polynomial, which can be computed efficiently.


General case


Using the Jordan–Chevalley decomposition

By the
Jordan–Chevalley decomposition In mathematics, the Jordan–Chevalley decomposition, named after Camille Jordan and Claude Chevalley, expresses a linear operator as the sum of its commuting semisimple part and its nilpotent part. The multiplicative decomposition expresses an inve ...
, any n \times n matrix ''X'' with complex entries can be expressed as X = A + N where * ''A'' is diagonalizable * ''N'' is nilpotent * ''A'' commutes with ''N'' This means that we can compute the exponential of ''X'' by reducing to the previous two cases: e^X = e^{A+N} = e^A e^N. Note that we need the commutativity of ''A'' and ''N'' for the last step to work.


Using the Jordan canonical form

A closely related method is, if the field is
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, to work with the
Jordan form In linear algebra, a Jordan normal form, also known as a Jordan canonical form (JCF), is an upper triangular matrix of a particular form called a Jordan matrix representing a linear operator on a finite-dimensional vector space with respect to so ...
of . Suppose that where is the Jordan form of . Then e^{X} = Pe^{J}P^{-1}. Also, since \begin{align} J &= J_{a_1}(\lambda_1) \oplus J_{a_2}(\lambda_2) \oplus \cdots \oplus J_{a_n}(\lambda_n), \\ e^J &= \exp \big( J_{a_1}(\lambda_1) \oplus J_{a_2}(\lambda_2) \oplus \cdots \oplus J_{a_n}(\lambda_n) \big) \\ &= \exp \big( J_{a_1}(\lambda_1) \big) \oplus \exp \big( J_{a_2}(\lambda_2) \big) \oplus \cdots \oplus \exp \big( J_{a_n}(\lambda_n) \big). \end{align} Therefore, we need only know how to compute the matrix exponential of a Jordan block. But each Jordan block is of the form \begin{align} & & J_a(\lambda) &= \lambda I + N \\ &\Rightarrow & e^{J_a(\lambda)} &= e^{\lambda I + N} = e^\lambda e^N. \end{align} where is a special nilpotent matrix. The matrix exponential of is then given by e^J = e^{\lambda_1} e^{N_{a_1 \oplus e^{\lambda_2} e^{N_{a_2 \oplus \cdots \oplus e^{\lambda_n} e^{N_{a_n


Projection case

If is a
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(i.e. is
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: ), its matrix exponential is: Deriving this by expansion of the exponential function, each power of reduces to which becomes a common factor of the sum: e^P = \sum_{k=0}^{\infty} \frac{P^k}{k!} = I + \left(\sum_{k=1}^{\infty} \frac{1}{k!}\right)P = I + (e - 1)P ~.


Rotation case

For a simple rotation in which the perpendicular unit vectors and specify a plane, the
rotation matrix In linear algebra, a rotation matrix is a transformation matrix that is used to perform a rotation in Euclidean space. For example, using the convention below, the matrix :R = \begin \cos \theta & -\sin \theta \\ \sin \theta & \cos \theta \end ...
can be expressed in terms of a similar exponential function involving a
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and angle . \begin{align} G &= \mathbf{ba}^\mathsf{T} - \mathbf{ab}^\mathsf{T} & P &= -G^2 = \mathbf{aa}^\mathsf{T} + \mathbf{bb}^\mathsf{T} \\ P^2 &= P & PG &= G = GP ~, \end{align} \begin{align} R\left( \theta \right) = e^{G\theta} &= I + G\sin (\theta) + G^2(1 - \cos(\theta)) \\ &= I - P + P\cos (\theta) + G\sin (\theta ) ~.\\ \end{align} The formula for the exponential results from reducing the powers of in the series expansion and identifying the respective series coefficients of and with and respectively. The second expression here for is the same as the expression for in the article containing the derivation of the
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, . In two dimensions, if a = \left begin{smallmatrix} 1 \\ 0 \end{smallmatrix}\right/math> and b = \left \begin{smallmatrix} 0 \\ 1 \end{smallmatrix} \right/math>, then G = \left \begin{smallmatrix} 0 & -1 \\ 1 & 0\end{smallmatrix} \right/math>, G^2 = \left \begin{smallmatrix}-1 & 0 \\ 0 & -1\end{smallmatrix} \right/math>, and R(\theta) = \begin{bmatrix}\cos(\theta) & -\sin(\theta)\\ \sin(\theta) & \cos(\theta)\end{bmatrix} = I \cos(\theta) + G \sin(\theta) reduces to the standard matrix for a plane rotation. The matrix
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a vector onto the -plane and the rotation only affects this part of the vector. An example illustrating this is a rotation of in the plane spanned by and , \begin{align} \mathbf{a} &= \begin{bmatrix} 1 \\ 0 \\ 0 \\ \end{bmatrix} & \mathbf{b} &= \frac{1}{\sqrt{5\begin{bmatrix} 0 \\ 1 \\ 2 \\ \end{bmatrix} \end{align} \begin{align} G = \frac{1}{\sqrt{5&\begin{bmatrix} 0 & -1 & -2 \\ 1 & 0 & 0 \\ 2 & 0 & 0 \\ \end{bmatrix} & P = -G^2 &= \frac{1}{5}\begin{bmatrix} 5 & 0 & 0 \\ 0 & 1 & 2 \\ 0 & 2 & 4 \\ \end{bmatrix} \\ P\begin{bmatrix} 1 \\ 2 \\ 3 \\ \end{bmatrix} = \frac{1}{5}&\begin{bmatrix} 5 \\ 8 \\ 16 \\ \end{bmatrix} = \mathbf{a} + \frac{8}{\sqrt{5\mathbf{b} & R\left(\frac{\pi}{6}\right) &= \frac{1}{10}\begin{bmatrix} 5\sqrt{3} & -\sqrt{5} & -2\sqrt{5} \\ \sqrt{5} & 8 + \sqrt{3} & -4 + 2\sqrt{3} \\ 2\sqrt{5} & -4 + 2\sqrt{3} & 2 + 4\sqrt{3} \\ \end{bmatrix} \\ \end{align} Let , so and its products with and are zero. This will allow us to evaluate powers of . \begin{align} R\left( \frac{\pi}{6} \right) &= N + P\frac{\sqrt{3{2} + G\frac{1}{2} \\ R\left( \frac{\pi}{6} \right)^2 &= N + P\frac{1}{2} + G\frac{\sqrt{3{2} \\ R\left( \frac{\pi}{6} \right)^3 &= N + G \\ R\left( \frac{\pi}{6} \right)^6 &= N - P \\ R\left( \frac{\pi}{6} \right)^{12} &= N + P = I \\ \end{align}


Evaluation by Laurent series

By virtue of the
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the matrix exponential is expressible as a polynomial of order −1. If and are nonzero polynomials in one variable, such that , and if the
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f(z)=\frac{e^{t z}-Q_t(z)}{P(z)} is
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, then e^{t A} = Q_t(A). To prove this, multiply the first of the two above equalities by and replace by . Such a polynomial can be found as follows−see
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. Letting be a root of , is solved from the product of by the
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of the
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of at : It is proportional to the relevant
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. Then the sum ''St'' of the ''Qa,t'', where runs over all the roots of , can be taken as a particular . All the other ''Qt'' will be obtained by adding a multiple of to . In particular, , the Lagrange-Sylvester polynomial, is the only whose degree is less than that of . Example: Consider the case of an arbitrary 2×2 matrix, A := \begin{bmatrix} a & b \\ c & d \end{bmatrix}. The exponential matrix , by virtue of the
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, must be of the form e^{tA} = s_0(t)\, I + s_1(t)\,A. (For any complex number and any ''C''-algebra , we denote again by the product of by the unit of .) Let and be the roots of the
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of , P(z) = z^2 - (a + d)\ z + ad - bc = (z - \alpha)(z - \beta) ~ . Then we have S_t(z) = e^{\alpha t} \frac{z - \beta}{\alpha - \beta} + e^{\beta t} \frac{z - \alpha}{\beta - \alpha}~, hence \begin{align} s_0(t) &= \frac{\alpha\,e^{\beta t} - \beta\,e^{\alpha t{\alpha - \beta}, & s_1(t) &= \frac{e^{\alpha t} - e^{\beta t{\alpha - \beta} \end{align} if ; while, if , S_t(z) = e^{\alpha t} (1 + t (z - \alpha)) ~, so that \begin{align} s_0(t) &= (1 - \alpha\,t)\,e^{\alpha t},& s_1(t) &= t\,e^{\alpha t}~. \end{align} Defining \begin{align} s &\equiv \frac{\alpha + \beta}{2} = \frac{\operatorname{tr} A}{2}~, & q &\equiv \frac{\alpha - \beta}{2} = \pm\sqrt{-\det\left(A - sI\right)}, \end{align} we have \begin{align} s_0(t) &= e^{st}\left(\cosh(qt) - s\frac{\sinh(qt)}{q}\right), & s_1(t) &= e^{st}\frac{\sinh(qt)}{q}, \end{align} where is 0 if , and if . Thus, Thus, as indicated above, the matrix having decomposed into the sum of two mutually commuting pieces, the traceful piece and the traceless piece, A = sI + (A-sI)~, the matrix exponential reduces to a plain product of the exponentials of the two respective pieces. This is a formula often used in physics, as it amounts to the analog of
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for
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, that is rotations of the doublet representation of the group
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. The polynomial can also be given the following " interpolation" characterization. Define , and . Then is the unique degree polynomial which satisfies whenever is less than the multiplicity of as a root of . We assume, as we obviously can, that is the minimal polynomial of . We further assume that is a
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. In particular, the roots of are simple, and the " interpolation" characterization indicates that is given by the
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formula, so it is the Lagrange−Sylvester polynomial . At the other extreme, if , then S_t = e^{at}\ \sum_{k=0}^{n-1}\ \frac{t^k}{k!}\ (z - a)^k ~. The simplest case not covered by the above observations is when P = (z - a)^2\,(z - b) with , which yields S_t = e^{at}\ \frac{z - b}{a - b}\ \left(1 + \left(t + \frac{1}{b - a}\right)(z - a)\right) + e^{bt}\ \frac{(z - a)^2}{(b - a)^2}.


Evaluation by implementation of

Sylvester's formula In matrix theory, Sylvester's formula or Sylvester's matrix theorem (named after J. J. Sylvester) or Lagrange−Sylvester interpolation expresses an analytic function of a matrix as a polynomial in , in terms of the eigenvalues and eigenvectors ...

A practical, expedited computation of the above reduces to the following rapid steps. Recall from above that an ''n×n'' matrix amounts to a linear combination of the first −1 powers of by the
Cayley–Hamilton theorem In linear algebra, the Cayley–Hamilton theorem (named after the mathematicians Arthur Cayley and William Rowan Hamilton) states that every square matrix over a commutative ring (such as the real or complex numbers or the integers) satisfies ...
. For
diagonalizable In linear algebra, a square matrix A is called diagonalizable or non-defective if it is similar to a diagonal matrix, i.e., if there exists an invertible matrix P and a diagonal matrix D such that or equivalently (Such D are not unique.) F ...
matrices, as illustrated above, e.g. in the 2×2 case,
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yields , where the s are the
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s of . It is easiest, however, to simply solve for these s directly, by evaluating this expression and its first derivative at , in terms of and , to find the same answer as above. But this simple procedure also works for
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matrices, in a generalization due to Buchheim. This is illustrated here for a 4×4 example of a matrix which is ''not diagonalizable'', and the s are not projection matrices. Consider A = \begin{bmatrix} 1 & 1 & 0 & 0 \\ 0 & 1 & 1 & 0 \\ 0 & 0 & 1 & -\frac{1}{8} \\ 0 & 0 & \frac{1}{2} & \frac{1}{2} \end{bmatrix} ~, with eigenvalues and , each with a multiplicity of two. Consider the exponential of each eigenvalue multiplied by , . Multiply each exponentiated eigenvalue by the corresponding undetermined coefficient matrix . If the eigenvalues have an algebraic multiplicity greater than 1, then repeat the process, but now multiplying by an extra factor of for each repetition, to ensure linear independence. (If one eigenvalue had a multiplicity of three, then there would be the three terms: B_{i_1} e^{\lambda_i t}, ~ B_{i_2} t e^{\lambda_i t}, ~ B_{i_3} t^2 e^{\lambda_i t} . By contrast, when all eigenvalues are distinct, the s are just the
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s, and solving for them as below just amounts to the inversion of the
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of these 4 eigenvalues.) Sum all such terms, here four such, \begin{align} e^{At} &= B_{1_1} e^{\lambda_1 t} + B_{1_2} t e^{\lambda_1 t} + B_{2_1} e^{\lambda_2 t} + B_{2_2} t e^{\lambda_2 t} , \\ e^{At} &= B_{1_1} e^{\frac{3}{4} t} + B_{1_2} t e^{\frac{3}{4} t} + B_{2_1} e^{1 t} + B_{2_2} t e^{1 t} ~. \end{align} To solve for all of the unknown matrices in terms of the first three powers of and the identity, one needs four equations, the above one providing one such at = 0. Further, differentiate it with respect to , A e^{A t} = \frac{3}{4} B_{1_1} e^{\frac{3}{4} t} + \left( \frac{3}{4} t + 1 \right) B_{1_2} e^{\frac{3}{4} t} + 1 B_{2_1} e^{1 t} + \left(1 t + 1 \right) B_{2_2} e^{1 t} ~, and again, \begin{align} A^2 e^{At} &= \left(\frac{3}{4}\right)^2 B_{1_1} e^{\frac{3}{4} t} + \left( \left(\frac{3}{4}\right)^2 t + \left( \frac{3}{4} + 1 \cdot \frac{3}{4}\right) \right) B_{1_2} e^{\frac{3}{4} t} + B_{2_1} e^{1 t} + \left(1^2 t + (1 + 1 \cdot 1 )\right) B_{2_2} e^{1 t} \\ &= \left(\frac{3}{4}\right)^2 B_{1_1} e^{\frac{3}{4} t} + \left( \left(\frac{3}{4}\right)^2 t + \frac{3}{2} \right) B_{1_2} e^{\frac{3}{4} t} + B_{2_1} e^{t} + \left(t + 2\right) B_{2_2} e^{t} ~, \end{align} and once more, \begin{align} A^3 e^{At} &= \left(\frac{3}{4}\right)^3 B_{1_1} e^{\frac{3}{4} t} + \left( \left(\frac{3}{4}\right)^3 t + \left( \left(\frac{3}{4}\right)^2 + \left(\frac{3}{2}\right) \cdot \frac{3}{4}\right) \right) B_{1_2} e^{\frac{3}{4} t} + B_{2_1} e^{1 t} + \left(1^3 t + (1 + 2) \cdot 1 \right) B_{2_2} e^{1 t} \\ &= \left(\frac{3}{4}\right)^3 B_{1_1} e^{\frac{3}{4} t}\! + \left( \left(\frac{3}{4}\right)^3 t\! + \frac{27}{16} \right) B_{1_2} e^{\frac{3}{4} t}\! + B_{2_1} e^{t}\! + \left(t + 3\cdot 1\right) B_{2_2} e^{t} ~. \end{align} (In the general case, −1 derivatives need be taken.) Setting = 0 in these four equations, the four coefficient matrices s may now be solved for, \begin{align} I &= B_{1_1} + B_{2_1} \\ A &= \frac{3}{4} B_{1_1} + B_{1_2} + B_{2_1} + B_{2_2} \\ A^2 &= \left(\frac{3}{4}\right)^2 B_{1_1} + \frac{3}{2} B_{1_2} + B_{2_1} + 2 B_{2_2} \\ A^3 &= \left(\frac{3}{4}\right)^3 B_{1_1} + \frac{27}{16} B_{1_2} + B_{2_1} + 3 B_{2_2} ~, \end{align} to yield \begin{align} B_{1_1} &= 128 A^3 - 366 A^2 + 288 A - 80 I \\ B_{1_2} &= 16 A^3 - 44 A^2 + 40 A - 12 I \\ B_{2_1} &= -128 A^3 + 366 A^2 - 288 A + 80 I \\ B_{2_2} &= 16 A^3 - 40 A^2 + 33 A - 9 I ~. \end{align} Substituting with the value for yields the coefficient matrices \begin{align} B_{1_1} &= \begin{bmatrix}0 & 0 & 48 & -16\\ 0 & 0 & -8 & 2\\ 0 & 0 & 1 & 0\\ 0 & 0 & 0 & 1\end{bmatrix}\\ B_{1_2} &= \begin{bmatrix}0 & 0 & 4 & -2\\ 0 & 0 & -1 & \frac{1}{2}\\ 0 & 0 & \frac{1}{4} & -\frac{1}{8}\\ 0 & 0 & \frac{1}{2} & -\frac{1}{4} \end{bmatrix}\\ B_{2_1} &= \begin{bmatrix}1 & 0 & -48 & 16\\ 0 & 1 & 8 & -2\\ 0 & 0 & 0 & 0\\ 0 & 0 & 0 & 0\end{bmatrix}\\ B_{2_2} &= \begin{bmatrix}0 & 1 & 8 & -2\\ 0 & 0 & 0 & 0\\ 0 & 0 & 0 & 0\\ 0 & 0 & 0 & 0\end{bmatrix} \end{align} so the final answer is e^{tA} = \begin{bmatrix} e^t & te^t & \left(8t - 48\right) e^t\! + \left(4t + 48\right)e^{\frac{3}{4}t} & \left(16 - 2\,t\right)e^t\! + \left(-2t - 16\right)e^{\frac{3}{4}t}\\ 0 & e^t & 8e^t\! + \left(-t - 8\right) e^{\frac{3}{4}t} & -2e^t + \frac{t + 4}{2}e^{\frac{3}{4}t}\\ 0 & 0 & \frac{t + 4}{4}e^{\frac{3}{4}t} & -\frac{t}{8}e^{\frac{3}{4}t}\\ 0 & 0 & \frac{t}{2}e^{\frac{3}{4}t} & -\frac{t - 4}{4}e^{\frac{3}{4}t} ~. \end{bmatrix} The procedure is much shorter than Putzer's algorithm sometimes utilized in such cases.


Illustrations

Suppose that we want to compute the exponential of B = \begin{bmatrix} 21 & 17 & 6 \\ -5 & -1 & -6 \\ 4 & 4 & 16 \end{bmatrix}. Its
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is J = P^{-1}BP = \begin{bmatrix} 4 & 0 & 0 \\ 0 & 16 & 1 \\ 0 & 0 & 16 \end{bmatrix}, where the matrix ''P'' is given by P = \begin{bmatrix} -\frac14 & 2 & \frac54 \\ \frac14 & -2 & -\frac14 \\ 0 & 4 & 0 \end{bmatrix}. Let us first calculate exp(''J''). We have J = J_1(4) \oplus J_2(16) The exponential of a 1×1 matrix is just the exponential of the one entry of the matrix, so . The exponential of ''J''2(16) can be calculated by the formula mentioned above; this yields \begin{align} &\exp \left( \begin{bmatrix} 16 & 1 \\ 0 & 16 \end{bmatrix} \right) = e^{16} \exp \left( \begin{bmatrix} 0 & 1 \\ 0 & 0 \end{bmatrix} \right) = \\ pt {}={} &e^{16} \left(\begin{bmatrix} 1 & 0 \\ 0 & 1 \end{bmatrix} + \begin{bmatrix} 0 & 1 \\ 0 & 0 \end{bmatrix} + {1 \over 2!}\begin{bmatrix} 0 & 0 \\ 0 & 0 \end{bmatrix} + \cdots {} \right) = \begin{bmatrix} e^{16} & e^{16} \\ 0 & e^{16} \end{bmatrix}. \end{align} Therefore, the exponential of the original matrix is \begin{align} \exp(B) &= P \exp(J) P^{-1} = P \begin{bmatrix} e^4 & 0 & 0 \\ 0 & e^{16} & e^{16} \\ 0 & 0 & e^{16} \end{bmatrix} P^{-1} \\ pt &= {1 \over 4} \begin{bmatrix} 13e^{16} - e^4 & 13e^{16} - 5e^4 & 2e^{16} - 2e^4 \\ -9e^{16} + e^4 & -9e^{16} + 5e^4 & -2e^{16} + 2e^4 \\ 16e^{16} & 16e^{16} & 4e^{16} \end{bmatrix}. \end{align}


Applications


Linear differential equations

The matrix exponential has applications to systems of
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s. (See also
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.) Recall from earlier in this article that a ''homogeneous'' differential equation of the form \mathbf{y}' = A\mathbf{y} has solution . If we consider the vector \mathbf{y}(t) = \begin{bmatrix} y_1(t) \\ \vdots \\y_n(t) \end{bmatrix} ~, we can express a system of ''inhomogeneous'' coupled linear differential equations as \mathbf{y}'(t) = A\mathbf{y}(t)+\mathbf{b}(t). Making an
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to use an integrating factor of and multiplying throughout, yields \begin{align} & & e^{-At}\mathbf{y}'-e^{-At}A\mathbf{y} &= e^{-At}\mathbf{b} \\ &\Rightarrow & e^{-At}\mathbf{y}'-Ae^{-At}\mathbf{y} &= e^{-At}\mathbf{b} \\ &\Rightarrow & \frac{d}{dt} \left(e^{-At}\mathbf{y}\right) &= e^{-At}\mathbf{b}~. \end{align} The second step is possible due to the fact that, if , then . So, calculating leads to the solution to the system, by simply integrating the third step with respect to . A solution to this can be obtained by integrating and multiplying by e^{\textbf{A}t} to eliminate the exponent in the LHS. Notice that while e^{\textbf{A}t} is a matrix, given that it is a matrix exponential, we can say that e^{\textbf{A}t} e^{-\textbf{A}t} = I. In other words, \exp{\textbf{A}t} = \exp.


Example (homogeneous)

Consider the system \begin{matrix} x' &=& 2x & -y & +z \\ y' &=& & 3y & -1z \\ z' &=& 2x & +y & +3z \end{matrix}~. The associated
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is A = \begin{bmatrix} 2 & -1 & 1 \\ 0 & 3 & -1 \\ 2 & 1 & 3 \end{bmatrix}~. The matrix exponential is e^{tA} = \frac{1}{2}\begin{bmatrix} e^{2t}\left( 1 + e^{2t} - 2t\right) & -2te^{2t} & e^{2t}\left(-1 + e^{2t}\right) \\ -e^{2t}\left(-1 + e^{2t} - 2t\right) & 2(t + 1)e^{2t} & -e^{2t}\left(-1 + e^{2t}\right) \\ e^{2t}\left(-1 + e^{2t} + 2t\right) & 2te^{2t} & e^{2t}\left( 1 + e^{2t}\right) \end{bmatrix}~, so that the general solution of the homogeneous system is \begin{bmatrix}x \\y \\ z\end{bmatrix} = \frac{x(0)}{2}\begin{bmatrix}e^{2t}\left(1 + e^{2t} - 2t\right) \\ -e^{2t}\left(-1 + e^{2t} - 2t\right) \\ e^{2t}\left(-1 + e^{2t} + 2t\right)\end{bmatrix} + \frac{y(0)}{2}\begin{bmatrix}-2te^{2t} \\ 2(t + 1)e^{2t} \\ 2te^{2t}\end{bmatrix} + \frac{z(0)}{2}\begin{bmatrix}e^{2t}\left(-1 + e^{2t}\right) \\ -e^{2t}\left(-1 + e^{2t}\right) \\ e^{2t}\left(1 + e^{2t}\right)\end{bmatrix} ~, amounting to \begin{align} 2x &= x(0)e^{2t}\left(1 + e^{2t} - 2t\right) + y(0)\left(-2te^{2t}\right) + z(0)e^{2t}\left(-1 + e^{2t}\right) \\ pt 2y &= x(0)\left(-e^{2t}\right)\left(-1 + e^{2t} - 2t\right) + y(0)2(t + 1)e^{2t} + z(0)\left(-e^{2t}\right)\left(-1 + e^{2t}\right) \\ pt 2z &= x(0)e^{2t}\left(-1 + e^{2t} + 2t\right) + y(0)2te^{2t} + z(0)e^{2t}\left(1 + e^{2t}\right) ~. \end{align}


Example (inhomogeneous)

Consider now the inhomogeneous system \begin{matrix} x' &=& 2x & - & y & + & z & + & e^{2t} \\ y' &=& & & 3y& - & z & \\ z' &=& 2x & + & y & + & 3z & + & e^{2t} \end{matrix} ~. We again have A = \left begin{array}{rrr} 2 & -1 & 1 \\ 0 & 3 & -1 \\ 2 & 1 & 3 \end{array}\right~, and \mathbf{b} = e^{2t}\begin{bmatrix}1 \\0\\1\end{bmatrix}. From before, we already have the general solution to the homogeneous equation. Since the sum of the homogeneous and particular solutions give the general solution to the inhomogeneous problem, we now only need find the particular solution. We have, by above, \begin{align} \mathbf{y}_p &= e^{tA}\int_0^t e^{(-u)A}\begin{bmatrix}e^{2u} \\0\\e^{2u}\end{bmatrix}\,du+e^{tA}\mathbf{c} \\ pt &= e^{tA}\int_0^t \begin{bmatrix} 2e^u - 2ue^{2u} & -2ue^{2u} & 0 \\ -2e^u + 2(u+1)e^{2u} & 2(u+1)e^{2u} & 0 \\ 2ue^{2u} & 2ue^{2u} & 2e^u \end{bmatrix}\begin{bmatrix}e^{2u} \\0 \\e^{2u}\end{bmatrix}\,du + e^{tA}\mathbf{c} \\ pt &= e^{tA}\int_0^t \begin{bmatrix} e^{2u}\left( 2e^u - 2ue^{2u}\right) \\ e^{2u}\left(-2e^u + 2(1 + u)e^{2u}\right) \\ 2e^{3u} + 2ue^{4u} \end{bmatrix}\,du + e^{tA}\mathbf{c} \\ pt &= e^{tA}\begin{bmatrix} -{1 \over 24}e^{3t}\left(3e^t(4t - 1) - 16\right) \\ {1 \over 24}e^{3t}\left(3e^t(4t + 4) - 16\right) \\ {1 \over 24}e^{3t}\left(3e^t(4t - 1) - 16\right) \end{bmatrix} + \begin{bmatrix} 2e^t - 2te^{2t} & -2te^{2t} & 0 \\ -2e^t + 2(t + 1)e^{2t} & 2(t + 1)e^{2t} & 0 \\ 2te^{2t} & 2te^{2t} & 2e^t \end{bmatrix}\begin{bmatrix}c_1 \\c_2 \\c_3\end{bmatrix} ~, \end{align} which could be further simplified to get the requisite particular solution determined through variation of parameters. Note c = y''p''(0). For more rigor, see the following generalization.


Inhomogeneous case generalization: variation of parameters

For the inhomogeneous case, we can use
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s (a method akin to
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). We seek a particular solution of the form , \begin{align} \mathbf{y}_p'(t) & = \left(e^{tA}\right)'\mathbf{z}(t) + e^{tA}\mathbf{z}'(t) \\ pt & = Ae^{tA}\mathbf{z}(t) + e^{tA}\mathbf{z}'(t) \\ pt & = A\mathbf{y}_p(t) + e^{tA}\mathbf{z}'(t)~. \end{align} For to be a solution, \begin{align} e^{tA}\mathbf{z}'(t) &= \mathbf{b}(t) \\ pt \mathbf{z}'(t) &= \left(e^{tA}\right)^{-1}\mathbf{b}(t) \\ pt \mathbf{z}(t) &= \int_0^t e^{-uA}\mathbf{b}(u)\,du + \mathbf{c} ~. \end{align} Thus, \begin{align} \mathbf{y}_p(t) & = e^{tA}\int_0^t e^{-uA}\mathbf{b}(u)\,du + e^{tA}\mathbf{c} \\ & = \int_0^t e^{(t - u)A}\mathbf{b}(u)\,du + e^{tA}\mathbf{c}~, \end{align} where is determined by the initial conditions of the problem. More precisely, consider the equation Y' - A\ Y = F(t) with the initial condition , where * is an by complex matrix, * is a continuous function from some open interval to ℂ''n'', * t_0 is a point of , and * Y_0 is a vector of . Left-multiplying the above displayed equality by yields Y(t) = e^{(t - t_0)A}\ Y_0 + \int_{t_0}^t e^{(t - x)A}\ F(x)\ dx ~. We claim that the solution to the equation P(d/dt)\ y = f(t) with the initial conditions y^{(k)}(t_0) = y_k for is y(t) = \sum_{k=0}^{n-1}\ y_k\ s_k(t - t_0) + \int_{t_0}^t s_{n-1}(t - x)\ f(x)\ dx ~, where the notation is as follows: * P\in\mathbb{C} /math> is a monic polynomial of degree , * is a continuous complex valued function defined on some open interval , * t_0 is a point of , * y_k is a complex number, and is the coefficient of X^k in the polynomial denoted by S_t\in\mathbb{C} /math> in Subsection Evaluation by Laurent series above. To justify this claim, we transform our order scalar equation into an order one vector equation by the usual reduction to a first order system. Our vector equation takes the form \frac{dY}{dt} - A\ Y = F(t),\quad Y(t_0) = Y_0, where is the
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companion matrix In linear algebra, the Frobenius companion matrix of the monic polynomial : p(t)=c_0 + c_1 t + \cdots + c_t^ + t^n ~, is the square matrix defined as :C(p)=\begin 0 & 0 & \dots & 0 & -c_0 \\ 1 & 0 & \dots & 0 & -c_1 \\ 0 & 1 & \dots & 0 & -c_2 ...
of . We solve this equation as explained above, computing the matrix exponentials by the observation made in Subsection Evaluation by implementation of Sylvester's formula above. In the case = 2 we get the following statement. The solution to y'' - (\alpha + \beta)\ y' + \alpha\,\beta\ y = f(t),\quad y(t_0) = y_0,\quad y'(t_0) = y_1 is y(t) = y_0\ s_0(t - t_0) + y_1\ s_1(t - t_0) + \int_{t_0}^t s_1(t - x)\,f(x)\ dx, where the functions and are as in Subsection Evaluation by Laurent series above.


Matrix-matrix exponentials

The matrix exponential of another matrix (matrix-matrix exponential), is defined as X^Y = e^{\log(X) \cdot Y} ^Y\!X = e^{Y \cdot \log(X)} for any
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matrix , and any complex matrix . For matrix-matrix exponentials, there is a distinction between the left exponential and the right exponential , because the multiplication operator for matrix-to-matrix is not
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. Moreover, * If is normal and non-singular, then and have the same set of eigenvalues. * If is normal and non-singular, is normal, and , then . * If is normal and non-singular, and , , commute with each other, then and .


See also

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Matrix function In mathematics, every analytic function can be used for defining a matrix function that maps square matrices with complex entries to square matrices of the same size. This is used for defining the exponential of a matrix, which is involved in th ...
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Matrix logarithm In mathematics, a logarithm of a matrix is another matrix such that the matrix exponential of the latter matrix equals the original matrix. It is thus a generalization of the scalar logarithm and in some sense an inverse function of the matrix exp ...
* C0-semigroup *
Exponential function The exponential function is a mathematical function denoted by f(x)=\exp(x) or e^x (where the argument is written as an exponent). Unless otherwise specified, the term generally refers to the positive-valued function of a real variable, a ...
* Exponential map (Lie theory) *
Magnus expansion In mathematics and physics, the Magnus expansion, named after Wilhelm Magnus (1907–1990), provides an exponential representation of the solution of a first-order homogeneous linear differential equation for a linear operator. In particular, it f ...
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Derivative of the exponential map In the theory of Lie groups, the exponential map is a map from the Lie algebra of a Lie group into . In case is a matrix Lie group, the exponential map reduces to the matrix exponential. The exponential map, denoted , is analytic and has as su ...
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Vector flow Vector most often refers to: *Euclidean vector, a quantity with a magnitude and a direction *Vector (epidemiology), an agent that carries and transmits an infectious pathogen into another living organism Vector may also refer to: Mathematic ...
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Golden–Thompson inequality In physics and mathematics, the Golden–Thompson inequality is a Trace inequalities, trace inequality between Matrix_exponential, exponentials of symmetric and Hermitian matrices proved independently by and . It has been developed in the context o ...
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Phase-type distribution A phase-type distribution is a probability distribution constructed by a convolution or mixture of exponential distributions. It results from a system of one or more inter-related Poisson processes occurring in sequence, or phases. The sequence ...
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Lie product formula In mathematics, the Lie product formula, named for Sophus Lie (1875), but also widely called the Trotter product formula, named after Hale Trotter, states that for arbitrary ''m'' × ''m'' real or complex matrices ''A'' and ''B'', :e^ = \li ...
* Baker–Campbell–Hausdorff formula *
Frobenius covariant In matrix theory, the Frobenius covariants of a square matrix are special polynomials of it, namely projection matrices ''A'i'' associated with the eigenvalues and eigenvectors of .Roger A. Horn and Charles R. Johnson (1991), ''Topics in Ma ...
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Sylvester's formula In matrix theory, Sylvester's formula or Sylvester's matrix theorem (named after J. J. Sylvester) or Lagrange−Sylvester interpolation expresses an analytic function of a matrix as a polynomial in , in terms of the eigenvalues and eigenvectors ...
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Trigonometric functions of matrices The trigonometric functions (especially sine and cosine) for real or complex square matrices occur in solutions of second-order systems of differential equations. They are defined by the same Taylor series that hold for the trigonometric functio ...


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