Power of a Jordan block

A Jordan block of size k with eigenvalue λ:

Jk(λ)=λI+N,Nk=0

General formula:

Jk(λ)m=r=0k1(mr)λmrNr

Entrywise:

(Jk(λ)m)ij={(mji)λm(ji)if ij,0if i>j

Particular cases:

Size 2

J2(λ)m=(λmmλm10λm)

Size 3

J3(λ)m=(λmmλm1(m2)λm20λmmλm100λm)

Size 4

J4(λ)m=(λmmλm1(m2)λm2(m3)λm30λmmλm1(m2)λm200λmmλm1000λm)