112
Example To square the following matrix :
Matrix A =
12
34
1(Mat)aAx
w
This operation produces the following result.
A
2
=
7 10
15 22
kk
kk
k Raising a Matrix to a Power
The following is the format for raising a matrix to a power.
Matrix Natural number
Mat A
M k w
Mat Z
MatAns
Example To raise the following matrix to the third power :
Matrix A =
12
34
1(Mat)aAMd
w
This operation produces the following result.
A
3
=
37 54
81 118
1 23456
1 23456
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