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# scipy.sparse.linalg.matrix_power

scipy.sparse.linalg.matrix_power(A, power)

  Raise a square matrix to the integer power, power.

  For non-negative integers, `A**power` is computed using repeated matrix multiplications. Negative integers are not supported.

  Parameters:
    A(M, M) square sparse array or matrix

      sparse array that will be raised to power power

    power int

      Exponent used to raise sparse array A

  Returns:
    A**power(M, M) sparse array or matrix

      The output matrix will be the same shape as A, and will preserve the class of A, but the format of the output may be changed.

  Notes

  This uses a recursive implementation of the matrix power. For computing the matrix power using a reasonably large power, this may be less efficient than computing the product directly, using A @ A @ … @ A. This is contingent upon the number of nonzero entries in the matrix.

  New in version 1.12.0.

  Examples

      >>> from scipy import sparse
      >>> A = sparse.csc_array([[0,1,0],[1,0,1],[0,1,0]])
      >>> A.todense()
      array([[0, 1, 0],
             [1, 0, 1],
             [0, 1, 0]])
      >>> (A @ A).todense()
      array([[1, 0, 1],
             [0, 2, 0],
             [1, 0, 1]])
      >>> A2 = sparse.linalg.matrix_power(A, 2)
      >>> A2.todense()
      array([[1, 0, 1],
             [0, 2, 0],
             [1, 0, 1]])
      >>> A4 = sparse.linalg.matrix_power(A, 4)
      >>> A4.todense()
      array([[2, 0, 2],
             [0, 4, 0],
             [2, 0, 2]])