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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2018 iii Paper 331 4 a i Solution by
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The matrix exponential is the absolutely convergent power seriesIt converges in any finite-dimensional operator norm, since . Termwise differentiation gives , , so the solution is . Also , proving invertibility without requiring itself to be invertible.
The question's expansion in eigenvectors tacitly needs an eigenbasis: an invertible matrix alone need not be a diagonalizable matrix. The exponential solution and the singular-value arguments remain valid without that assumption.
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