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# scipy.linalg.expm

`scipy.linalg.``expm`(A, q=None)

  Compute the matrix exponential using Pade approximation.

  Parameters : | A : (N, N) array_like Matrix to be exponentiated
  Returns : | expm : (N, N) ndarray Matrix exponential of A

  References

  N. J. Higham, “The Scaling and Squaring Method for the Matrix Exponential Revisited”, SIAM. J. Matrix Anal. & Appl. 26, 1179 (2005).

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