power of a matrix

[contrapunctus]

Hello,

how do you calculate the power of a matrix in eviews 7 ?

I have:

matrix_Q (2,2)

This is the square of matrix Q:

matrix(2,2) matrix_Q2= matrix_Q*matrix_Q

How do you calculate

matrix(2,2) matrix_Qn=matrix_Q*...*matrix_Q (n times) ?

Thanks!

[EViews Gareth]

I don't believe there is a built in command to do that. You'll have to do it manually in a for loop:

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!power = 3 matrix matrix_out = matrix_in for !i=2 to !power matrix_out = matrix_out * matrix_in next