2 to the power of a matrix

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I was watching 3b1b

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O85OWBJ2ayo

and I was wondering does there exist a definition for matrix exponentiation? Or is this concept of "matrix exponentiation" not well defined since we do not have a Taylor Series $\forall n \in\mathbb N$?

example: $2^\mathbf A$ or in general, $n^\mathbf A, \ n \in \mathbb N \land \mathbf A$ is a matrix.

I know this is probably nonsensical, but even if it isn't, it sounds interesting for how it could be used.

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That makes sense, yes, as long as we are dealing with square matrices here. Define it as $\exp\bigl(\log(2)A\bigr)$, where$$\exp(M)=\operatorname{Id}+M+\frac1{2!}M^2+\frac1{3!}M^3+\cdots$$and note that this works for numbers: $\exp\bigl(\log(2)A\bigr)=\left(\exp\bigl(\log(2)\right)^A=2^A$.