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The Exponential Matrix: an explicit formula by an elementary method

Classical Analysis and ODEs 2022-02-15 v1

Abstract

We show an explicit formula, with a quite easy deduction, for the exponential matrix etAe^{tA} of a real square matrix AA of order n×nn\times n. The elementary method developed requires neither Jordan canonical form, nor eigenvectors, nor resolution of linear systems of differential equations, nor resolution of linear systems with constant coefficients, nor matrix inversion, nor complex integration, nor functional analysis. The basic tools are power series and the method of partial fraction decomposition. Two examples are given. A proof of one well-known stability result is given.

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@article{arxiv.1803.11250,
  title  = {The Exponential Matrix: an explicit formula by an elementary method},
  author = {Oswaldo Rio Branco de Oliveira},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1803.11250},
  year   = {2022}
}

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11 pages

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