Thread: [SOLVED] Very quick Q about diagonalization

if P^-1MP = diagonal matrix D

then how do I find what M^n is?

is it PD^nP^-1 = M^n?

Originally Posted by thekrown

if P^-1MP = diagonal matrix D

then how do I find what M^n is?

is it PD^nP^-1 = M^n?

where p is the matrix of the corresponding eigenvectors.