Positive Integer Powers of Certain Tridiagonal Matrices and Corresponding Anti-Tridiagonal Matrices

Abstract

In this paper, we firstly derive a general expression for the entries of the mth (m∈ℕ) power for two certain types of tridiagonal matrices of arbitrary order. Secondly, we present a method for computing the positive integer powers of the anti-tridiagonal matrix corresponding to these matrices. Also, we give Maple 18 procedures in order to verify our calculations.