Differential Equations and Linear Algebra (4th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0-32196-467-5
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Chapter 7 - Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors - 7.4 An Introduction to the Matrix Exponential Function - Problems - Page 466: 19

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$A=\begin{bmatrix} A_0 & 0 \\ 0 & B_0 \end{bmatrix}$ is a block diagonal matrix with diagonal block matrices $A_0$ and $B_0$. We have: $e^{At}=I_n+At+\frac{(At)^2}{2!}+...+\frac{(At)^k}{k!}+...$ Obtain: $A^2=\begin{bmatrix} A_0 & 0 \\ 0 & B_0 \end{bmatrix}\begin{bmatrix} A_0 & 0 \\ 0 & B_0 \end{bmatrix}=\begin{bmatrix} A_0^2 & 0 \\ 0 & B_0^2 \end{bmatrix}$ $A^n=\begin{bmatrix} A_0^n & 0 \\ 0 & B_0^n \end{bmatrix}$ then $e^{At}=\begin{bmatrix} I & 0 \\ 0 & I \end{bmatrix}+\begin{bmatrix} A_0t & 0 \\ 0 & B_0t \end{bmatrix}+\begin{bmatrix} \frac{A_0^2t^2}{2} & 0 \\ 0 & \frac{B_0^2t^2}{2} \end{bmatrix}+...\begin{bmatrix} \frac{A_0^kt^k}{k!} & 0 \\ 0 & \frac{B_0^kt^k}{k!} \end{bmatrix}\\ =\begin{bmatrix} I_0+A_0t+\frac{A_0^2t^2}{2}+... \frac{A_0^kt^k}{k!}...+0 \\ 0 +...I_0+B_0t+\frac{A_0^2t^2}{2}+... \frac{B_0^kt^k}{k!}...0 \end{bmatrix}\\ =\begin{bmatrix} e^{A_0t} & 0 \\ 0 & e^{B_0t} \end{bmatrix}$
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