6.48.6 Powers of a square matrix: matpow

The matpow command finds the power of a square matrix, computed using the Jordan form.

• matpow command takes two arguments:
  • A, a square matrix.
  • n, an integer.
• matpow(A,n) returns Aⁿ.

Example.
Input:

Output:

Notice that jordan([[1,2],[2,1]]) returns