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Matrix Exponential

Given a Square Matrix A, the matrix exponential is defined by

\begin{displaymath}
\mathop{\rm exp}\nolimits ({\hbox{\sf A}})\equiv e^{{\hbox{\...
...}+{{\hbox{\sf A}}{\hbox{\sf A}}{\hbox{\sf A}}\over 3!}+\ldots,
\end{displaymath}

where I is the Identity Matrix.

See also Exponential Function, Matrix




© 1996-9 Eric W. Weisstein
1999-05-26