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The Matrix Exponential e^(At)

How does the power series for e^(At) collapse to S e^(Λt) S⁻¹ when A is diagonalizable, and why do the factorials guarantee convergence for every matrix?


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    1. 1

      Uncoupling the system by the substitution u=Svu = Svu=Sv

      Substitute u=Svu = Svu=Sv, reduce to the diagonal system dvdt=Λv\frac{dv}{dt} = \Lambda vdtdv​=Λv with Λ=S−1AS\Lambda = S^{-1}ASΛ=S−1AS, solve each dvidt=λivi\frac{dv_i}{dt} = \lambda_i v_idtdvi​​=λi​vi​, and transform back to u(t)=SeΛtS−1u(0)u(t) = Se^{\Lambda t}S^{-1}u(0)u(t)=SeΛtS−1u(0).

    2. 2

      Power series definition ∑n=0∞(At)nn!\sum_{n=0}^{\infty}\frac{(At)^n}{n!}∑n=0∞​n!(At)n​

      Write out I+At+(At)22!+(At)33!+⋯I + At + \frac{(At)^2}{2!} + \frac{(At)^3}{3!} + \cdotsI+At+2!(At)2​+3!(At)3​+⋯ next to the scalar series for exe^xex, and record that the factorials make it converge for every AAA and every ttt.

    3. 3

      eAt=SeΛtS−1e^{At} = Se^{\Lambda t}S^{-1}eAt=SeΛtS−1 for diagonalizable AAA

      Put A=SΛS−1A = S\Lambda S^{-1}A=SΛS−1 into each term of the series, cancel the inner factors in every power, pull SSS and S−1S^{-1}S−1 outside, and give eΛte^{\Lambda t}eΛt as the diagonal matrix of eλite^{\lambda_i t}eλi​t.

    4. 4

      The geometric series (I−At)−1(I - At)^{-1}(I−At)−1

      Write (I−At)−1=I+At+(At)2+⋯(I - At)^{-1} = I + At + (At)^2 + \cdots(I−At)−1=I+At+(At)2+⋯ with its small-ttt approximation I+AtI + AtI+At, and record its convergence condition that every eigenvalue of AtAtAt has ∣λ∣<1|\lambda| < 1∣λ∣<1.

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