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Simplifying the transfer matrix

The mth power of the transfer matrix L may be written using the unit eigenvectors of L, tex2html_wrap_inline14443 and tex2html_wrap_inline14445, and their corresponding eigenvalues tex2html_wrap_inline14447 and tex2html_wrap_inline14449 as
eqnarray2055

eqnarray2076


David Wolf
Tue Mar 25 08:11:49 CST 1997