Abstract
We describe two simple methods for the evaluation of the exponential
and logarithmic mappings and their first and second linearizations
based on the Taylor expansion and the spectral representation. We
also provide guidelines for switching between those representations
on the basis of the size of the argument. The first and second linearizations
of the exponential and logarithmic mappings provided here are based
directly on the exponential formula for the solutions of systems
of linear ordinary differential equations. This representation does
not require the use of perturbation formulae for eigenvalues and
eigenvectors. Our approach leads to workable and straightforward
expressions for the first and second linearizations of the exponential
and logarithmic mappings regardless of degeneracies in the spectral
decomposition of the argument. Copyright � 2001 John Wiley & Sons,
Ltd.
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