MATH319 Slides

40 Exponentials of complex matrices

Corollary

Let A be a (n×n) complex matrix with eigenvalues λj, where maxj⁡ℜ⁡λj<β for some real β.

(i) Then the entries of exp⁡(t⁢A) are complex linear combinations of tk⁢et⁢λj for integers k<n.

(ii) There exists M such that

∥exp(tA)∥≤Meβ⁢t  (t>0).

The condition ℜ⁡λj<β means that the point λj lies strictly to the left of the vertical line in the complex plane through β on the real axis.